In some jacana species, males take care of the eggs and young, and females compete among themselves for territories that contain one to several males. Female jacanas are significantly larger than males. Which of these statements would you predict to be true of this bird species?

a. Male jacana fitness is primarily limited by ability to take care of eggs and raise young.

b. Female jacana fitness is limited by the number of males in her territory with which a female mates.

c. Variation in reproductive success should be greater in male jacanas than in females.

d. Variation in reproductive success should be greater in female jacanas than in males.

e. Males and females have equal variation in reproductive success.

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#Question id: 4725

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Ptosis (droopy eyelid) may be inherited as a dominant human trait. Among 30 people who are heterozygous for the ptosis allele, 10 have ptosis and 20 have normal eyelids. What is the penetrance for ptosis?

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#Question id: 4781

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Two non allelic gene P and Q governed  Glume color in sorghum.

P= blakish purple          

Q = raddish purple (dependent over P gene )

If heterozygous Raddish purple were cross with homozygous brown color .What are phenotypic ratio of  progeny?

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#Question id: 15664

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Which of the following statements regarding epigenetic inheritance is FALSE?

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#Question id: 15663

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

A mouse heterozygous at the Igf-2 locus is dwarf and has 50% dwarf progeny when mated to a homozygous Igf-2m animal. Which statement about this animal is FALSE?

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#Question id: 15662

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You develop an inbred strain of mice that display one of two distinct syndromes. What evidence might lead you to believe that these mice are mutant for a gene or genes affected by imprinting?

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#Question id: 15412

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

For a trait known to be caused by a mitochondrial gene variant, there may be an occasional female that can transmit different phenotypes to her progeny on an apparently random basis. What situation might you suspect?