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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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

A population of strictly monogamous swans consists of 40 males and 10 females. What is the effective population size (ne) for this population?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

An ecologist recorded 12 white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, per square mile in one woodlot and 20 per square mile on another woodlot. What was the ecologist comparing?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

To measure the population density of monarch butterflies occupying a particular park, 100 butterflies are captured, marked with a small dot on a wing, and then released. The next day, another 100 butterflies are captured, including the recapture of 20 marked butterflies. One would estimate the population to be

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#Question id: 12472

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

During the spring, you are studying the mice that live  in  a  field  near your home. There are lots  of  mice in  this field, but you realize that you rarely observe any reproductive females. This most likely indicates

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

You are observing a population of lizards when you notice that the number of adults has increased and is higher than previously observed. One explanation for such an observation would include

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The most common kind of dispersion in nature is