A brown-eyed couple already has a child with blue eyes. What is the probability that their next child
will have blue eyes, assuming that the brown eye allele is dominant and the blue eye allele is
recessive?
a. 0
b. 1/4
c. 1/2
d. 3/4
e. 1
B
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a. Inductive reasoning b. Tested a hypothesis c. Created a hypothesis d. Created an experiment
What is trypsin?
a. an enzyme in the small intestine that digests proteins. b. an enzyme in the stomach that digests protein. c. an enzyme in the oral cavity that digests starch. d. an enzyme in the small intestine that digests starch. e. an enzyme in the liver that breaks down toxins
The operation of natural selection depends
upon the fact that a. the strong always survive, whereas the weak always die. b. some individuals have a better chance to produce more offspring. c. mutations are always harmful. d. acquired characteristics are inherited. e. reproduction of all members of a species is virtually the same.
In a population of 100 individuals, 49 percent are of the NN blood type. What percentage is expected to be MN assuming Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium conditions?
A) 42 percent B) 51 percent C) 9 percent D) 21 percent E) There is insufficient information to answer this question.