Biology

True or False: For a given locus, in a population with two alternative alleles, the allele frequencies .

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True or False: In the case of complete dominance in a population in equilibrium, we cannot tell ...

Started by Mr. Wonderful

Would one expect a linear relationship between DNA sequence divergence and phylogenetic distance? ...

Started by CORALGRILL2014

Why might mitochondrial DNA be used in construction of phylogenetic trees rather than nuclear DNA?

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Define the term fitness and relate it to the meaning of selection coefficient.

Started by Mr. Wonderful

Define the term speciation.

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In zoo animals, inbreeding often occurs because of a lack of a sufficient pool of breeding ...

Started by stock

One of the Hardy-Weinberg assumptions states that the population is infinitely large. What influence ...

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Suppose that a given gene undergoes a mutation to a dominant allele such that 2 out of 100,000 ...

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Which would change allele frequencies more quickly: selection against a dominant allele or selection ...

Started by dakota nelson

Which term is given to the measure of the proportion of offspring that a particular phenotype will ...

Started by APUS57

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 ...

Started by kaid0807

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 ...

Started by mynx

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. ...

Started by michelleunicorn

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 ...

Started by Tirant22

________ 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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