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debasdf

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What is the premise underlying Mendel's principle of independent assortment?
 
  A. Dominant traits are expressed when there is a heterozygous allele.
  B. Hybrid parents can produce offspring with recessive traits.
  C. Genotypes generate different, observable phenotypes.
  D. Traits can recombine during reproduction to create variation.

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Which of the following is a characteristic of genetic drift?
 
  A. The larger the population, the greater its effect.
  B. The smaller the population, the greater its effect.
  C. Population size has no effect on the extent of genetic drift.
  D. The effects of genetic drift are only seen in somatic cells.


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atrochim

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Reply #1 on: Aug 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B


debasdf

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Reply 2 on: Aug 11, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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:D TYSM

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