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 1 A hypothetical population has two alleles for an "A" gene: A1 and A2. The allele…

A: Frequency of allele A1 (p) =70% or 0.7Frequency of allele A2 (q) = 30% or 0.3

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: Most populations are regulated by a single factor. Question 35 options: A) True B) False

A: Q35. The above statement is false. Explanation:  Population is multifactorial because it depends on…

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: 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: 1. This graph shows the relationship between the mean height of human parents and the mean height of…

A: Note: In the B part of this question, the exact question that needs to be answered is not mentioned.…

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: In a large, randomly mating population of frogs, the frequency of the allele for silver skin s) is…

A: Scenario h Dominance Type 0 <h <1, partial dominance More fit than Ss and less fit than…

Q: The figure above shows a structured population consisting of two subpopulations each with 100…

A: First option.

Q: Consider a locus with two alleles and fitnesses WAA = 1, WAB = 1, WBB = 1. The initial %3D frequency…

A: How can an allele be fixed in a population.

Q: What is the expected inbreeding coefficient for an offspring that is the result of an inbreeding…

A: (a) 0.25 is correct answer. An animal is only inbred if its parents are related. The inbreeding…

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: Question 4 In ducks, the allele for black feathers (B) is co-dominant with the allele for white…

A: Alleles Alleles are the two different varieties of same gene for example height is gene and long and…

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: 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: Question: What does relative allele frequency mean? a. The probability of passing the allele to…

A: Introduction :- An allele is a variant form of a gene that codes for a specific trait or…

Q: (1) describe what Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium means for a population; (2) list the conditions…

A: Population Genetics  The field that deal with the genetics of whole population is known as…

Q: If you have a population of wolves where 36% of the population has the dom allele for brown eyes (B)…

A: The Hardy-Weinberg principle describes the relationship between allele frequencies in a population…

Q: QUESTION 9 In some species of fish, a forked tail fin is dominant to a continuous tail fin. Fish…

A: The gene pool of a species in a population never changes untill they mate randomly in that…

Q: If you have a population of wolves where 36% of the population has the dominant allele for brown…

A: The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is a principle that describes the genetic makeup of a population that…

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: Answer true or false for each of the following statements: a. Inbreeding tends to reduce the ability…

A: The following statements require a true or false response, and each statement has its own context…

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: You are studying the genetics of an enzyme found in fish. In the population in one lake, the value…

A: The Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium is a key principle in population genetics, stating that “genotype…

Q: Detached earlobes as shown below are dominant to attached earlobes. Suppose 49% of the population…

A: Dominant traits are traits that shows its expression while recessive traits are those which are…

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 is true? a. 95% of the population exists within 1 standard deviation of the…

A: The empirical rule or three stigma rule states that in normal distribution the observed data falls…

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: 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: Consider selection acting against dominant alleles compared to selection acting against recessive…

A: Selection is the process by which changes occur in the frequency of alleles.  There are two types of…

Q: QUESTION 49 Relatively high heritability estimates of warning behavior in a population of rabbits on…

A: The statistical estimate of the proportion of observed phenotypic variability that is related to…

Q: Two types of closely related birds are capable of mating together; however females of one species do…

A: Introduction: Temporal isolation is a kind of Reproductive isolation where the difference in the…

Q: A population of beetles have 345 red-sided individuals and 707 tan-sided individuals. Assume that…

A: In genetic studies, the Hardy–Weinberg principle, also called as the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium,…

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.