What is the role of heterozygote advantage in maintaining high frequencies of mutant alleles in
populations? Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Concepts to Consider: Heterozygotes for these mutant alleles have the combined advantage of little
or no expression of the harmful effects of the mutant allele and some other advantageous plieotropic
effects of the mutant allele, such as resistance to a certain disease.
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What two general types of products can be harvested from cultures of transformed bacteria?
What will be an ideal response?
An agent that causes genetic mutations is called __________
a. a carcinogen b. cancer c. a virus d. a malignant tumor
Why is Pneumonic Plague more deadly than Bubonic Plague?
A. Pneumonic is transmitted by respiratory droplet B. There is more time to get treatment with Bubonic plague than with Pneumonic plague C. The pathogen gets into the blood stream in Pneumonic, but not Bubonic D. The symptoms are stronger in Pneumonic plague E. People need to be around rats to start any Plague
Homeotherms
A. have the same body temperature as their environment. B. maintain a cold body temperature. C. maintain a constant body temperature. D. are always unicellular organisms.