In humans, albinism (unpigmented skin, hair, and eyes) is due to an enzymatic deficiency, and it is an autosomal recessive trait. Suppose that in a small country of one million people (“Generation 1”), there are 500 aa albinos and 9000 Aa heterozygous carriers. Has the frequency of allele a changed between Generations 1 and 2? 

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Based on the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, a community’s species diversity is increased by

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

German scientist Carl Correns found that the inheritance of variegated color on the leaves of certain plants was determined only by the maternal parent. What phenomenon explains this pattern of inheritance?

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#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The distance along a helix axis for one complete turn is called the ________.

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Some given characteristics of the two types of sieve elements in seed plants such as Sieve tube elements and Sieve cells. Find out the  true characteristics of sieve tube elements from the given statements;

i) Found in angiosperms

ii) Sieve plate pores are open channels

iii) Albuminous cells sometimes function as companion cells

iv) P-protein is present in all eudicots and many monocots

v) There are no sieve plates; all sieve areas are similar

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Two plant species live in the same biome but on different continents. Although the two species are not at all closely related, they may appear quite similar as a result of