When thinking about changes in allele frequencies over time, why do you care more about the effective population size rather than the census (total number of individuals) population size?

Q: You have sampled a population in which you know that the percentage of the homozygous recessive…

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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

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Q: QUESTION 31 You are examining a population that has recently been subject to artificial selection…

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

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

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Q: Two different populations that have a high degree of gene flow are expected to…   a. have similar…

A: Gene flow  Gene flow means transfer of genetic materials from one population to other population.

Q: Question 2. A widow's peak hairline is a dominant trait and a straight hairline is a recessive…

A: The traits are transferred from parents to offspring, i.e. from one generation to another. Traits…

Q: You used a QTL (locus A) to find the causal locus of a phenotype of interest (locus B).  You know…

A: linkage disequilibrium is the non-random association of alleles at different loci in a population.…

Q: Question 10 After we discussed Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium in BIOL 142, you decided to poll another…

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

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Q: You are examining a beloved population of trillium in the backyard of your childhood home.  You…

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Q: QUESTION 5 I do an indepth study of two populations of cobras. During this study I crossbreed…

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Q: Question 1. You have sampled a population in which you know that the percentage of the homozygous…

A: Here we have sampled a population  In which % of the homozygous recessive genotype  (aa) is 36% A…

Q: Question 1 of 12 If 81% of a population is homozygous recessive for a given trait a. What is the…

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

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Q: QUESTION 68 Which of the following statements about social behavior is FALSE? O A. Among the…

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Q: Natural selection occurs 1. when a new genetic variation occurs that allows individuals to have a…

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Q: QUESTION 21 Suppose that in a population the frequency of a particular recessive condition is 1/400.…

A: According to Hardy Weinberg's equilibrium p2 + q2 + 2pq=1 and p + q= 1 Where, p= frequency of the…

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

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Q: QUESTION 1 Which statement about the beak size of finches on the island of Daphne Major during…

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Q: All of the following are true statements about the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) principle,…

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Q: Question 6 The matrix below provides information about each candy 'species.' Each column represents…

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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…

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Q: QUESTION 18 Most of the human genetic diversity occurs: Within diverged genetic populations O…

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Q: QUESTION 7 Sea blush (Plectritis congesta) always produces more anthocyanin at lower temperatures.…

A: Anthocyanin  It is a coloured pigment that gives scarlet, purple, magenta, or blue colour.

Q: Question 37 "Game theory" is best demonstrated by which of the following examples? The fitness of a…

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Q: Question 5 Given below are the genotypic frequencies for a single gene with two alleles for three…

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

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Q: QUESTION 24 1. W. D. Hamilton's theory that individuals at the center of a group have the lowest…

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

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Q: Question 5 A rather large population of organisms have 396 red-sided individuals and 557 tan-sided…

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Q: QUESTION 3 Tigers and Lions can interbreed; however their offspring nearly always have developmental…

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Q: QUESTION 5 In humans, the presence of facial dimples is dominant to no facial dimples. Out of a…

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Q: QUESTION 43 Which of the following statements is true about linkage disequilibrium? O a. D= -0.21…

A: Disequilibrium refers to imbalance, or  spatial disorientation.

Q: QUESTION 1 Lions and tigers are both found in India and are capable of mating together; however,…

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Q: Morphological differences are abundant among many species. We make assumptions about why adaptations…

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Q: Question 5 A The three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is a species of fish that has…

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Q: QUESTION 12 Consider a hypothetical beetle whose back abdomen pattern is determined by two alleles…

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Q: You are examining a new population that has recently migrated to and colonized a new island.  Which…

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Q: You are interested in selecting for increased brain size in Fisher cardinals.  You’ve chosen three…

A: Given  Trait:                             Vg         Vp  Skull size     :-              1.36…

Q: QUESTION 38 Florida panthers had declined to fewer than 100 individuals with a variety of health…

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Pre-Darwinian Concepts