In this simulation, certain phenotypes were selected against, but all other Hardy Weinberg conditions held true. Under these conditions, natural selection
a. increases the genetic diversity of a population
b. decreases the genetic diversity of a population
c. has no effect on the genetic diversity of a population
b
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Electrophoresis separates DNA fragments on the basis of ____
a. molecular charge b. molecular bonding c. molecular size d. polarity e. nonpolarity
An individual that has two dominant alleles for a trait (AA) is __________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
Hair cells are important in the sense of
a. equilibrium. b. hearing. c. taste. d. smell. e. both equilibrium and hearing.
What would a species that has a high number of alleles for many genes that are distributed throughout the population have?
A) low genetic variability B) high genetic drift C) high genetic variability D) a large amount of inbreeding depression