Imagine that a new population of humans is established on a previously uninhabited planet from ten randomly selected people in your biology class. Over thousands of years, the descendants of those ten people reproduce and prosper, but they do not reflect well the diversity of humans on Earth. This reduction in genetic diversity in the establishment of the population is an example of _____
A. gene flow
B. genetic drift
C. the bottleneck effect
D. the founder effect
D. the founder effect
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A process by which the NADH and FADH pass their electrons through the inner membrane of the mitochondria, producing ATP and metabolic water
A) Cristae E) Flagella
B) Electron transport chain F) Plasma membrane
C) Microtubules G) Citric acid cycle
D) Glycolysis H) ATP
Stacy is studying the structure of plant cell walls. Thus, she is studying __________
a. a carbohydrate b. a protein c. glucose molecules d. both a carbohydrate and glucose molecules
Exposure of DNA to UV light from sunlight or tanning lamps can cause _____
1.expansion of trinucleotide repeats associated with degenerative disorders of the nervous system 2.thymine dimers, which interfere with DNA replication and cause cell death, mutation, and cancer 3.generation of free radicals that produce mutations in DNA 4.xeroderma pigmentosum
Lithotrophy: Inorganic e- Donors
What will be an ideal response?