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#Question id: 9221

The primary difference between the small-population approach and the declining-population approach to biodiversity recovery is that ________.

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

  1. small-population approach is interested in bolstering the genetic diversity of a threatened population rather than the environmental factors that caused the population's decline

  2. small-population approach applies for conservation biologists when population numbers fall below 500

  3. declining-population approach would likely involve bringing together individuals from scattered small populations to interbreed in order to promote genetic diversity

  4. small-population approach would investigate and eliminate all of the human impacts on the habitat of the species being studied for recovery

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#Question id: 18081

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The interaction of selection and inbreeding in determining the incidence of autosomal recessive diseases. Consider a gene in which recessive mutations occur at a rate of 10-5. Assume a selective disadvantage S of 0.4 in homozygotes for the recessive allele. What is the frequency of the recessive allele (q). And calculate the incidence of the disease. Assume random mating.
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#Question id: 18082

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The interaction of selection and inbreeding in determining the incidence of autosomal recessive diseases. Consider a gene in which recessive mutations occur at a rate of 10-5. Assume a selective disadvantage S of 0.4 in homozygotes for the recessive allele. Now assume that, for thousands of generations, 10% of all children have been products of first-cousin matings (the remaining 90% being products of random matings). Calculate the steady-state value of q. Also calculate the incidence of the disease at steady state. 
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#Question id: 18087

#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

Each of five questions on a multiple-choice examination has four choices, only one of which is correct. The student is attempting to guess the answers. The random variable X is the number of questions answer correctly. Probability that the student will get
Exactly three correct answers
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#Question id: 18088

#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

If a coin is tossed 5 times, then consider the following statements:
I: Probability of getting exactly 2 heads is 5/16.
II: Probability of getting at least 4 heads is 3/16.
III: Probability of getting at most 2 heads is 5/8.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements
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#Question id: 18223

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

The origin of indirect evidence of life, no recognizable fossils except bacteria (microfossils) was during which geological eras?
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#Question id: 18224

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Proterozoic era characterized by___
a) Origin of life
b) Fossils of blue green algae
c) Most invertebrate evolved
d) First gymnosperm
e) Abundance of marine algae