Eugenic engineering is a type of genetic engineering with the goal of ________

a. developing better crop varieties
b. developing treatments for obesity
c. selecting the most desired human traits
d. curing inherited diseases


c

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There are three alleles at a specific locus in a population of humans. Alleles D1, D2, and D3 with frequencies 0.42, 0.30, and 0.28 respectively

t or f or cannot determine: This population is triploid. t or f or cannot determine: Allele D1 is dominant. t or f or cannot determine: Individuals with alleles D2 or D3 should mutate to D1 because its high frequency indicates it is advantageous. What will be an ideal response?

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Proteins may have been the first information-storage molecules because they can self-replicate as well

as catalyze reactions.

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is true concerning a morphological phylogenetic tree with 15 characters and 23 changes, and a molecular phylogenetic tree with 150 characters and 345 changes that contain the same taxa?

A. The molecular tree is a better estimate of the true relationships of the taxa. B. The molecular tree is the true representation of the relationships between the taxa. C. The morphological tree is the better estimate of the true relationships between the taxa because it has a shorter length. D. The morphological tree is the true representation of the relationships between taxa as it has the shorter length.

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Genotype is genetic make-up while heredity and environment combine to form the phenotype (observable characteristics).

a. true b. false

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