Do human beings meet the five conditions necessary for the Hardy-Weinberg law? Explain. What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: No species meets all these conditions, but humans are very close. The one area that no
species can meet is mutations, so we cannot say humans do not experience mutations. Our
population is not infinitely large, but is large enough to model an infinite population very
well. Humans represent a global population, so there is no gene flow from other populations.
Mating is not completely random, but is relatively random in that there is no trait of set of
traits that are consistently selected for in mating. And lastly, human survival rates are very
good and most members of the population produce a relatively similar number of offspring.
Compared to many other species, humans are a good match for Hardy-Weinberg law
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A. disruptive replication. B. conservative replication. C. semiconservative replication. D. dispersive replication. E. stabilizing replication.
Which of the following is true of the human microbiome?
A) High blood sugar following weight-loss surgery is partly due to a changed gut microbiome. B) An altered microbiome hastens starvation in malnourished children. C) Antibiotics do not alter the gut microbiome. D) The microbiome consists primarily of cells that belong to the human body.
Compact bone is indicated by
a. A. b. B. c. C. d. D. e. E.
How has human activity added to eutrophication of freshwater lakes?
What will be an ideal response?