When the result of some genetic condition is a severe medical problem to the individual, it is called
a. an abnormality.
b. a disorder.
c. a deviation.
d. a carrier.
e. a pedigree.
B
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A. rainfall B. temperature C. both temperature and rainfall D. neither temperature nor rainfall; it depends on latitude and longitude
You start to culture a petri dish of marine bacteria. Each day, the number of visible colonies growing on the agar surface increases in this fashion: 2, 4, 16, 32, 64, 128 . This growth pattern is best described as
a. logarithmic. b. logistic. c. exponential. d. quadratic.
When large populations are spread across vast geographic distances, which evolutionary force is affected?
a. mutation b. genetic drift c. natural selection d. nonrandom mating
Which diagram correctly depicts the orientation of the lagging and leading strands on the parentals?
a. The bottom b. The top c. Neither is fully accurate. d. Either would be accurate dependent on the organism being studied.