TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 8911


The larvae of some insects are merely small versions of the adult, whereas the larvae of other insects look completely different from adults, eat different foods, and may live in different habitats. Which of the following most directly favors the evolution of the latter, more radical, kind of metamorphosis?

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology
  1. natural selection of sexually immature forms of insects
  2. changes in the homeobox genes governing early development
  3. the evolution of meiosis
  4. B and C only
More Questions
TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 3324

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

If only 20 males and 20 female grizzlies exist today, but only 10 of the males and 6 female breed, what are effective population size?

TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 3325

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

The frequency of the dominant red allele (R) in a population of diploid organisms is equal to the frequency of the recessive white allele (r). The frequency of red individuals assuming Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is (express the frequency using decimal notation, not as a fraction or a percentage)

TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 3326

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

What are the assumptions of Hardy Weinberg equilibrium?

TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 3327

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Birds that are brood parasites lay eggs in the nests of other birds. This is a successful strategy for the parasite only if

TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 3328

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

The fitness of a genotype is higher when it is rare in a population. Which of the following types of selection is most likely operating?

TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 3329

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

The following genotypes of one locus in population are given  - Genotype ( Number)

AA (120)  AB ( 30)  BB  (50) CC  (300)

AC  (400)  BC (100)

Which of the following is the correct frequency of C allele and A allele respectively?