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#Question id: 12349

Males in a population differ in the time they spend displaying to females. A researcher hypothesizes that predators are responsible for these differences. Males display for longer durations when there are no predators in the vicinity and for shorter durations when there is a predator nearby. Which of the following study designs is the most appropriate test of this hypothesis?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Map predator distribution in the area; measure the abundance of females; quantify the natural variation in male display rates in areas without predators
  2. Measure display  rates of  males at  the beginning  of  the breeding season; remove all  predators from the study site; then measure male display rates later in the breeding season; repeat for multiple populations
  3. Measure display rates of males in areas with and without predators; randomly assign males to two treatments: (i) capture and release back in original area (ii) capture and switch between areas; measure display rates for all experimental males
  4. Measure display rates of males in areas with and without predators; randomly assign males to two treatments: (i) addition of females to the area (ii) removal of females from the area; measure display rates for all experimental males
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#Question id: 29098

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

A family in which club foot was inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. They discovered a mutation in the PITXI gene that caused club foot in this family. Through DNA testing, they determined that 11 people in the family carried the PITXI mutation, but only 8 of these people had club foot. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of the observation?
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#Question id: 29099

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The type of plumage found in mallard ducks is determined by three alleles at a single locus: MR, which encodes restricted plumage; M, which encodes mallard plumage; and md, which encodes dusky plumage. The restricted phenotype is dominant over mallard and dusky; mallard is dominant over dusky (MR > M > md). The expected phenotypes and proportions of offspring is 3/4 restricted, 1/4 mallard by which of the following crosses?
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#Question id: 29100

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The adult flies that emerged had a eyeless mutation phenotype in Drosophila produces greatly reduced eyes.. When this eyeless fly was crossed to a known reduced eye  mutant fly, all the progeny had normal phenotype. The observed phenotype can be best explained as an example of__
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#Question id: 29101

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

A cross between two yellow heterozygous mice produces an initial genotypic ratio of 1/4 YY, 1/2 Yy, and 1/4 yy, the F1 progeny showing lethality in their ratio, if F1 yellow heterozygous mate with nonyellow mice what will be the ratio in F2 generation?
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#Question id: 29102

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In mice Igf2 gene which encodes a protein called insulin like growth factor II (Igf2). Offspring inherit one Igf2 allele from their mother and one from their father The paternal copy of Igf2 is actively expressed in the fetus, but the maternal copy is not expressed. which of the following is correct about this gene?

a) this is an example of genomic imprinting and showing maternal imprinted

b) this is an example of genomic imprinting and showing paternal imprinted

c) mechanism of imprinting is due to the addition of methyl (CH3) groups to DNA nucleotides

d) mechanism of imprinting is due to changing the nucleotide sequences
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#Question id: 29103

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Which of the following is a correct prediction about Anaphase?