#Question id: 3285
#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Natural selection continually operates on each species to keep up with improvements made by competing species; each species’ environment deteriorates as its competitors evolve new adaptations. This is known as
#Question id: 3286
#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
In a human population, the gene frequencies of the alleles for the ABO system are as follows:
A = 29% B = 7% 0=64%
Assuming complete random mating and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium,
What are the blood type A frequencies in this population?
#Question id: 3287
#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Which statement is not an assumption of the Hardy–Weinberg law?
a. The allelic frequencies (p and q) are equal.
b. The population is randomly mating.
c. The population is large.
d. Locus is di-allelic
#Question id: 3288
#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Migration causes changes in the allelic frequency of a population by introducing alleles from other populations. The magnitude of change due to migration depends on
#Question id: 3289
#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
If, someday, an archaean cell is discovered whose SSU-rRNA sequence is more similar to that of humans than the sequence of mouse SSU-rRNA is to that of humans, the best explanation for this apparent discrepancy would be
#Question id: 3290
#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Dog breeders maintain the purity of breeds by keeping dogs of different breeds apart when they are fertile. This kind of isolation is most similar to which of the following reproductive isolating mechanisms?