In a large population on a Pacific island, a few individuals had a mutation that caused them to have different colored eyes. After a hurricane, the population was reduced to only a few individuals, but some of those individuals had the rare eye color mutation. Now, after many generations, almost half of the population on this island has different colored eyes. This is an example of
_____________________.
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genetic drift
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A. tiny threadlike septa collectively make up the mycelium B. tiny threadlike mycelia collectively make up the septa C. tiny threadlike mycelia collectively make up the hypha D. tiny threadlike hyphae collectively make up the mycelium E. tiny threadlike mycelia collectively make up the dikaryote
When the population growth of the prey = 0, is the predator population increasing or decreasing?
a. It is always decreasing. b. It is always increasing. c. At the left point it is increasing and at the right point it is decreasing. d. At the right point it is decreasing and at the left point it is increasing.
Water surface tension is caused by __________ bonds. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
Transovarian transmission is a process in which
A) a pathogen infects the ovaries of the host. B) a pathogen is transmitted to the host when the host ingests contaminated eggs. C) an infected female vector transmits the pathogen to the eggs forming in its ovaries. D) the pathogen is transmitted from an infected male to a healthy female during mating. E) the pathogen is spread from one host to the next by unprotected sexual intercourse.