The flea beetle (P. nemorum) can survive on multiple types of plants, including radishes, eggplants and tomatoes. There is a dominant gene allele that allows P. nemorum to live on Bittercress (B. vulgaris). Radishes, eggplants and tomatoes all have some phenotypes that resist damage by P. nemorum and thus survive better. There are many different biological scenarios that can be modeled by PopG with the above information. Select alternative hypothesis that can be modeled by a one locus, two allele program like PopG. Select one or more: A resistant-flea beetle allele in radishes will change its allele frequency in the presence of the flea beetle (P. nemorum). Tomatoes and radishes will grow better without the flea beetle in the environment. The B allele allowing flea beetle (P. nemorum) growth on Bittercress, will become change its frequency in an environment with predominant Bittercress.
Genetic Variation
Genetic variation refers to the variation in the genome sequences between individual organisms of a species. Individual differences or population differences can both be referred to as genetic variations. It is primarily caused by mutation, but other factors such as genetic drift and sexual reproduction also play a major role.
Quantitative Genetics
Quantitative genetics is the part of genetics that deals with the continuous trait, where the expression of various genes influences the phenotypes. Thus genes are expressed together to produce a trait with continuous variability. This is unlike the classical traits or qualitative traits, where each trait is controlled by the expression of a single or very few genes to produce a discontinuous variation.
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