The recessive mutant allele that causes cystic fibrosis is much more frequent in Caucasians population than in other world populations. Some scientists believe heterozygotes must have had a survival advantage during plagues such as cholera that occasionally swept through this population. What concept does this illustrate?

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#Question id: 5232

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Using molecular clock, it was estimated that two species X and Y must have diverged from their common ancestor about 5 x 10^6 years ago. If the rate of divergence per base pair is estimated to be 0.06 per million years, what is the proportion of base pairs that differ between the two species now?

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#Question id: 19608

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

The ion which is iso-electronic with CO is —————

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#Question id: 16092

#SCPH28 | Zoology

A major means for conserving heat is:

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#Question id: 8918

#SCPH06 I Botany

In individual insects of some species, whole chromosomes that carry larval genes are eliminated from the genomes of somatic cells at the time of metamorphosis. A consequence of this occurrence is that

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#Question id: 10774

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

Following are a few statements regarding the structure of terpenes:

a) Isopentenyl diphosphate and Dimethyallyl diphosphate are combinely called monoterpene, respectively

b) Isopentenyl diphosphate and Farnesyl diphosphate are Sesquiterpenes and Tetraterpenes

c) Monoterpenes, Sesquiterpenes and Diterpenes have 10, 20  and 30 carbons, respectively

d) Grenyl grenyl diphosphate usually have 20 carbons compound by multiplying with  2X is known as testraterpenes

Which combination of the above statements is correct?