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#Question id: 12578

Refer to the following experiment, which is designed to test the co evolutionary relationships among an unpalatable butterfly (the  monarch),  a  palatable  butterfly  (the  viceroy),  and  a  butterfly  predator  (the  jay).  Monarch butterflies are reared on three diets: milkweed (their natural food), cabbage, and cabbage treated with an extract from milkweed leaves. Viceroy butterflies, mimics of monarchs, also are reared on three diets: willows (their natural food), cabbage, and cabbage treated with an extract from milkweed leaves. In trial 1 of the first experiment, adult butterflies reared on a particular diet are presented one at a  time  at  1-hour  intervals  to  jays  and  the  jays  are  allowed  to  feed.  Each jay is  fed  until  it refuses to eat the butterfly presented, but no more than 12 butterflies are presented to a jay during a particular test. Five birds are used for each test; therefore, up to 60 butterflies can be consumed for each diet test. The observer records the actual number of butterflies  eaten. In trial 2, the experiment is repeated 2 weeks later. In the second experiment, the butterflies are reared on the same diets as in experiment 1. However, when they are offered to jays, some jays receive a monarch  reared  on  milkweed  before  being  offered  the  butterflies  reared  on  the  experimental  diets;  the  other  group  of jays is  first given a viceroy reared on willow before being  offered the butterflies reared on the experimental diets. The initial butterfly offered is included in the total number eaten, but no more than 12 butterflies are presented to each jay

Which of the following supports the hypothesis that viceroys receive protection from predation because they resemble monarchs?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Fewer monarchs than viceroys are eaten when butterflies are reared on their natural diets. 
  2. Fewer viceroys are eaten when jays are fed monarchs first.
  3. More monarchs are eaten when jays are fed viceroys first.

  4. More viceroys than monarchs are eaten when reared on cabbage with  extract

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#Question id: 12174

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Red-eyed female (X ^+X^+ ) crossed with white-eyed male (X^w Y) , all the F1 progeny shows the red phenotype, then what will be the probability of F2 phenotype;
 i)  Male with red eye phenotype
ii) Female with white eye phenotype
iii) Female with red eye phenotype
iv) Male with white eye phenotype
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#Question id: 12172

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In haplodiploid condition, hymnoptera  insects  female mates with a single male , find the mean genetic relatedness of;
i) the females in the progeny are related to,
ii) the males in the progeny are related to,
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#Question id: 12171

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In the case of recessive lethal, showing lethality with X^w.  If the female grasshopper  with the genotype (X^+ X^w) is cross with the male grasshopper with the genotype (X^+O) , then what will be the probability of showing lethality in male and female?
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#Question id: 12170

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Sex determination in the grasshoppers is X-linked, if the cross is made between the heterozygous red phenotypic  female with the heterogametic red phenotypic male , then what will be the ratio of male and female with the red phenotype in F1 generation?
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#Question id: 11627

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The interaction of two loci that determine fruit color in summer squash, which is commonly found in one of three colors: yellow, white, or green. When a homozygous plant that produces white squash is crossed with a homozygous plant that produces green squash and the F1 plants are crossed with each other, the following results are obtained:

 12/16 plants with white squash

 3 /16 plants with yellow squash

 1 /16 plants with green squash

 This is the case of___
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#Question id: 11626

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

A locus determines the type of pigment produced in the squash, with yellow (Y_) dominant over green (yy). This locus is expressed only in ww plants, which lack the dominant inhibitory allele W. We can assign the genotype ww Y_ to plants that produce yellow squash and the genotype ww yy to plants that produce green squash. The genotypes and their associated phenotypes are:


What will be the correct prediction about these pathway?