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The number of legs an insect has, the number of vertebrae in a vertebral column, or the number of joints in a digit (such as a finger) are all strongly influenced by

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology
  1. haploid genomes.
  2. Hox genes.
  3. heterotic genes.
  4. heterogeneous genes.
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#Question id: 3284

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

The fitness of three genotype are A1A1 < A1A2 = A2A2) Which of the following observation correct?

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#Question id: 3285

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Natural selection continually operates on each species to keep up with improvements made by competing species; each species’ environment deteriorates as its competitors evolve new adaptations. This is known as

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#Question id: 3286

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

 In a human population, the gene frequencies of the alleles for the ABO system are as follows:

A = 29%                         B = 7%                                    0=64%

Assuming complete random mating and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium,

What are the blood type A frequencies in this population?

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#Question id: 3287

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which statement is not an assumption of the Hardy–Weinberg law?

a. The allelic frequencies (p and q) are equal.

b. The population is randomly mating.

c. The population is large.

d. Locus is di-allelic

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#Question id: 3288

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Migration causes changes in the allelic frequency of a population by introducing alleles from other populations. The magnitude of change due to migration depends on

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#Question id: 3289

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

If, someday, an archaean cell is discovered whose SSU-rRNA sequence is more similar to that of humans than the sequence of mouse SSU-rRNA is to that of humans, the best explanation for this apparent discrepancy would be