Please list five assumptions of the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:
Selection is not acting on the traits or loci being examined; mating is random with respect to the loci being examined; no mutation occurs at loci being examined; no migration into or out of the population occurs; the population has an infinite size; nonoverlapping generations; sexually reproducing diploid organisms.
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A) bacterial genes. B) naked DNA. C) R-factors. D) viral genes.
Members of the class _______, which include octopuses, squids, and nautiluses, are highly intelligent.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
You dissect a specimen of a vertebrate during an anatomy laboratory. It has the following characteristics: lungs, abundant blood capillaries under thin skin, a partially-divided heart, a pulmonary circuit, and four walking legs. What is this animal?
A. lungfish B. amphibian C. reptile D. placental mammal E. marsupial mammal Clarify Question · What is the key concept addressed by the question? · What type of thinking is required? Gather Content · What do you already know about amphibians? Choose Answer · Given what you now know, what information and/or problem solving approach is most likely to produce the correct answer? Reflect on Process · Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
The flow of which of the following into the mitochondrial matrix provides the chemiosmotic energy for the synthesis of ATP?
(A) Inorganic phosphate (B) ADP (C) Glucose (D) Protons