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#Question id: 12577


During  a  field  trip,  an  instructor  touched  a  moth  resting  on  a  tree  trunk.  The  moth  raised  its  forewings  to  reveal large eyespots on its hind wings. The instructor asked why the moth lifted its wings. One student answered that sensory  receptors  had  fired  and  triggered  a  neuronal  reflex  culminating  in  the  contraction  of  certain  muscles.  A second student responded that the behaviour might frighten predators. Which statement best describes these explanations?

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution
  1. The first explanation is correct, but the second is incorrect.
  2. The first explanation refers to proximate causation, whereas the second refers to ultimate causation. 
  3. The first explanation is biological, whereas the second is philosophical.
  4. The first explanation is testable as a scientific hypothesis, whereas the second is not
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#Question id: 3267

#Section 2: Evolution

In a typical Mendelian population, individuals carrying gene ‘a’ in homozygous condition suffer from phenylketonurea. Those with A in homozygous condition are normal. Others, who are heterozygotic with Aa, are carriers. If the frequency of ‘a’ in a population is 0.20, what is the percentage of normal individual in the population?

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#Question id: 3268

#Section 2: Evolution

A population of insects is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for a gene with alleles A = orange and a = yellow eyes. There are 91% orange and 9% yellow individuals in the population. If the fitness of the yellow phenotype suddenly drops to zero, what will be the allele frequency in the next generation?

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PKU, results from a recessive allele; persons homozygous for this allele, if untreated, exhibit mental retardation, blue eyes, and light skin color. This character categorized as

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#Question id: 3269

#Section 2: Evolution

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