QUESTION 21 Suppose that in a population the frequency of a particular recessive condition is 1/400. Assume the presence of only a dominant allele (A) and a recessive allele (a) in the population and that the population is at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. What is the frequency of heterozygotes in the population? a. 0.0025 Ob.0.9025 Oc. 0.05 Od. 0.0475 Ⓒe.0.095

Q: Apopulation is expenencing only selection Alele A1 is favored by selection and starts at a frequency…

A: Natural Selection: It is a naturally occurring process that eventually causes evolution by selecting…

Q: Question 63 Both genetic bottlenecks and the founder effect are examples of? O Gene flow O Genetic…

A: Evolution happens when there is an adaptation of an organism to their environment. When the genotype…

Q: 1 in 1700 US Caucasian newborns has cystic fibrosis, which is only present in individuals with the…

A: The above questions are based on the Hardy-Weinberg principle. According to this principle, the…

Q: QUESTION 2 What are the expected genotype frequencies for sample 1 if it is Hardy-Weinberg…

A: Given information For sample 1  Count of fast-growing homozygous genotype FF- 90 Count of…

Q: 10. What are some possible limiting factors to these populations? Represent, with a different color,…

A: The term "population" usually refers to the number of people living in a specific location, such as…

Q: QUESTION 5 You have been hired as a quantitative genetics consultant by a fair-trade cooperative of…

A: Genetic Variance is defined as the variation in the genetic information present in the offspring.…

Q: Find the x2 value using the following formula: X2= E ((observed-expected)2 / expected) Phenotype…

A: The given variants are wild type and apterous type. They have observed values and expected values.…

Q: QUESTION 5 For each evolutionary force below, indicate whether it increases or decreases genetic…

A: Genetic variation is mainly the difference in DNA sequence between individuals within a…

Q: When fitness is lower at both extremes of phenotypic variation for a trait (e.g., the very largest…

A: When fitness is lower at both extremes of phenotypic variation for a trait (e.g., the very largest…

Q: please see attached picture... i have asked this question before.. twice. by mistake.. but i got two…

A: The population follows the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium or theory. the formula of Hardy-Weinberg…

Q: I Observed genotype numbers A₁A1 =40 A₁A2 =20 A₂A2 = 40 D Question 4: Is the population in H-W…

A: According to Hardy Weinberg's equation -p2 + q2 + 2pq = 1Where p is the frequency of dominant…

Q: Question 17 Save Answer The elephant population in South Africa's Addo Elephant National Park has…

A: This question discusses the potential differences in the evolution of the tuskless phenotype in two…

Q: y = 23.397 + 0.65027x 1. This graph shows the relationship between the mean height of human parents…

A: In the image there is a diagram with only one question with part a. To list the four conditions for…

Q: What are the allele frequencies for the gene that controls coat color in Rhosgobel rabbits?

A: Allele frequency of an allele is the proportion of a specific allele within a population. It is…

Q: Question 11 Consider a locus with two alleles, A and a, in each of two random-mating populations of…

A: Here I will provide you information according to question i.e. what will be the allele frequency in…

Q: The graphs to the left and right respectively refer to before and after selection. Which type of…

A: Introduction: Ecological selection is the natural selection of species that are more adapted to the…

Q: Differential Survivability Plays a significant role in adaptation and evolution O Means that not…

A: Darwin's concept of natural selection shapes the overall survival, adaptation, and evolution of all…

Q: True or false for the following: 1. The frequency of carriers (heterozygotes) in the population…

A: Statement: The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium says that in the absence of disruptive events, genetic…

Q: Abedus herberti (Giant water bug) only males carry the developing eggs on their backs until they…

A: a.In giant water bug,the sexual selection acts more strongly on males based on their paternal caring…

Q: In snowpeople, broomstick arms are dominant to twig arms and carrot nose is dominant to button nose.…

A: The study of inheritance of one character at a time is known as monohybrid cross.  The monohybrid…

Q: Question 10 The process of Natural Selection depends on Variability in the traits from one species…

A: Evolution can be defined as the changes occurring in the characteristics of a species over a course…

Q: Imagine a gene (locus) with four different alleles (alleles are variants of a gene) for fur colour,…

A: Given that there are four alleles for a single gene - Fa, Fb, Fc, and Fd. Each individual has two…

Q: er Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

A: small isolated population is most likely to undergo speciation or a significant change in their gene…

Q: In a population with two alleles, that are in HW equilibrium, the frequency of the recessive allele…

A: According to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium the allele frequencies and genotype frequencies will be same…

Q: In a Hardy-Weinberg population with two alleles, that are in equilibrium, the frequency of recessive…

A: When a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for a gene, it is not evolving, and allele…

Q: 11. During his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle, Darwin noticed that the finches found on the different…

A: Introduction  Natural selection is the adaptation and modification of populations of living…

Q: the theory of natural selection? when an old species goes extinct, a new species arises to take its…

A: Natural selection is a concept given by Darwin. The theory is related to evolution of organisms and…

Q: Scenario D. Cystic fibrosis is à genetic descent. It is caused by a rare recessive allele at a gene…

A: Cystic fibrosis is an genetic disorder caused by the rare recessive allele that undergoes complete…

Q: drz are descriptions of hapiotype frequencies in a population or in a sample from a population TION…

A: Linkage disequilibrium  is the nonrandom association of alleles of different loci. It may occur when…

Q: Developmental Systems Theory (DST) views evolutionary change as all of the following

A: Developmental Systems Theory (DST) is a theoretical framework in biology that emphasizes the…

Q: Question 3

A: Lamarckism or Lamarck's theory of evolution states that the changes acquired in the body of an…

Q: The "bottleneck effect" describes changes in allele frequency caused by: a. No change in population…

A: (B) option is correct answer.

Q: In a large population of chimpanzees,  there is a recessive genetic condition telactalase…

A: Hardy-Weinberg's principle gives geneticists a tool to determine when evolution is occurring. It…

Q: Question 3 A species of hummingbird feeds on nectar of a particular plant whose flowers form a long,…

A: Hi! Thanks for your question. As you have posted multiple questions and have not mentioned which one…

Q: When thinking about changes in allele frequencies over time, why do you care more about the…

A: Effective population size (Ne) : To identify the number of gametes that contribute to the next…

Q: Question 1.) In a population there are 3 alleles for color, p, q, and r. The frequency of p=.2 and…

A: The questions pertain to population genetics, which is the study of genetic variation and changes…

Q: A 'wild-type' allele is the allele that is ..(1)....  a population, and that encodes a  ..(2)......…

A: As per our guidelines we are supposed to answer only ? One question ( if there are multiple…

Q: I have provided everything needed please help me out

A: Given that, the dominant T allele is responsible for taste of phenylthiocarbamide. Let us consider,…

Q: Question 12 What is the allele frequency of the A allele in a population with 15 AA homozygotes, 10

A: The Hardy-Weinberg principle (or Equation) states: - 1 = p + q where p denotes A's allele frequency…

Q: QUESTION 1 In some species of fish, a forked tail fin is dominant to a continuous tail fin. Fish…

A:

Q: What is the MOST LIKELY explanation for why there is variation in aging across different species?…

A: Aging is a continuous and an inavitable process it occurs in all the species throughout the world…

Q: Question 11 (Population/Quantitative Genetics) A (dominant) and a (recessive) are alleles whose…

A: Hardy Weinberg equation describes the distribution of alleles in a population. This equation applies…

Q: In a population of stick insects, brown color (B) is dominant to green color (b). After sampling…

A: DNA is the genetic material in most living organisms. It is the information hub of the cell that…

Q: Which of the following breaks down linkage disequilibrium?   a. Recombination   b. Mutation…

A: The nonrandom connection of alleles at distinct loci, usually referred as to the term that is known…

Q: Assume the allele P¹ has a population-wide frequency of 0.001. What are the chances that a person…

A: The random mating is present in the population. This suggests that population is in Hardy Weinberg…

Q: Question 5. One of the changes that happened during the study period was that there was less food…

A: Evolution is described as a time-consuming and complicated process of development. Evolution is a…

Q: Assume that the probability that any child born in the population will be a boy is 0.51 and the…

A: Introduction:- Probability is a number that reflects the chance or likelihood that a particular…

Q: The starting frequency of the s allele is 0.5. The starting number of individuals in the population…

A: Relative Fitness (w) is the survival of a genotype relative to the maximum survival or reproductive…

Ecological adaptations

An ecological adaptation is any morphological, physiological, or behavioral trait of an organism that allows it to survive and reproduce in a habitat or ecosystem. Adaptation is a biological mechanism by which an organism gradually gets more acclimated to its surroundings.