Biology

One of the Hardy-Weinberg assumptions states that all genotypes in the population are free of ...

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List and briefly describe three factors that contribute to the phenomenon of natural selection.

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A certain form of albinism in humans is recessive and autosomal. Assume that 1 percent of the ...

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Assuming that p = 0.3 for a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what would be the expected ...

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What is meant by the equation p + q = 1.0?

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In a population of cattle, the following color distribution was noted: 36 percent red (RR), 48 ...

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Assume that in a Hardy-Weinberg population, 9 percent of the individuals are of the homozygous ...

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Assume that a trait is caused by the homozygous state of a gene that is recessive and autosomal. ...

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In small isolated populations, gene frequencies can fluctuate considerably. The term that applies to ...

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Albinism is an autosomal recessive trait in humans. Assume that there are 100 albinos (aa) in a ...

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A number of mechanisms operate to maintain genetic diversity in a population. Why is such diversity favored?

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________ is a group of individuals belonging to the same species that live in a defined geographic ...

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True or False: Traits such as height, general body structure, skin color, and some behavioral traits ...

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True or False: Additive alleles are those that are epistatic over nonallelic genes that influence ...

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True or False: Polygenes are involved in determining continuously varying or multiple-factor traits.

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A "marker" in a genetic sense usually represents a site along a chromosome where a specific ...

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What are QTLs and RFLPs?

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How would the use of a large series of monozygotic and dizygotic twins enhance studies on the ...

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Name two human traits that would be expected to have high concordance.

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As used in twin studies in mammals, distinguish between the terms concordant and discordant.

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Name two mammalian traits with relatively high heritability (h2) values and two with relatively low h2 values.

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What is the relationship between the narrow-sense heritability (h2) index and the impact of selection?

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Provide a brief definition of the terms additive variance, dominance variance, and interactive variance.

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Interpret the meaning of an H2 (broad-sense heritability) value that approaches 1.0.

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We often refer to the host of genetic factors in the genome that have an influence on a particular ...

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