8. A hypothetical population of 100,000 humans has 68,240 individuals with the blood type AA, 28,735 individuals with blood type AB and 3025 individuals with the blood type BB. a. What is the frequency of each genotype in this population? b. What is the frequency of the A allele? c. What is the frequency B allele? d. If the next generation contained 250,000 individuals, how many individuals would have blood type BB, assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

Q: In a population of 1000 sheep, 640 have white fur while the rest have yellowish fur color. The…

A: Since the number of options to be solved is not mentioned, the first three options are solved.…

Q: 1.) Which statement below is not consistent with a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? A.)…

A: In the absence of disrupting events, the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium states that genetic variation in…

Q: 1.)In humans, curly hair is dominant over straight hair. Heterozygotes have wavy hair. On a college…

A: Dominant allele is the allele which expresses itself and suppresses the other allele expression.

Q: 10. How is mutation helpful in our society? A. It can help in the preservation of endangered…

A: Before moving to the main questions, we must understand the meaning of basic terms used in it:…

Q: 3. Frequency Calculation In a population of 80 rabbits, 20 are homozygous dominant, 40 are…

A: The calculation of allele and genotype frequency is based on the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium concept…

Q: 1 in 1700 US Caucasian newborns has cystic fibrosis, which is only present in individuals with the…

A: The above questions are based on the Hardy-Weinberg principle. According to this principle, the…

Q: the effects of a single allele (A2) on fitness in two populations of the same plant species,…

A: The average excess of fitness is a measure of the fitness of a particular allele (Say aA2). It can…

Q: Which among the following is NOT a principle of natural selection?  a. The genes produced are a…

A: According to the theory of natural selection given by Darwin it is said that nature selects the best…

Q: . Which of the following statements best explains the Theory of Natural Selection? *   A. Organs…

A: Natural selection is a process of adpating the new environment to survive and to reproduce. Those…

Q: 4 Species with great genetic diversity have an increased chance of survival. Advantageous variations…

A: Evolution is defined as the gradual changes in the features and characteristics of organisms and…

Q: 4. The roof rat (Rattus rattus) and the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) are unable to interbreed…

A: According to biological species concept two different species can't reproduce and produce fertile…

Q: A. a population of lizards may be brown or red. The temperature of the eggs determines the color of…

A: Natural selection is the non random process that drives evolution.

Q: In a particular island, the environment is semi-arid. There is a lizard population with a lot of…

A: Adaptation is a process by which an individual keep on changing their characteristics in order to…

Q: As the number of offspring an organism can have increases,   a the energy allocated to each one…

A: Survival and reproduction is the most important factor associated with the life style and history of…

Q: 6. You have identified an autosomal gene that contributesto tail size in male guppies, with a…

A: Hello! Since you have posted multiple questions we are answering only first question for you. If you…

Q: 2. Within a population of butterflies, the color brown (B) is dominant over the color white (b),…

A: Given that among the butterflies:Brown (B) is the dominant allele and white (b) is the recessive…

Q: 1. Describe how the phenotype of individuals with sickle-cell disease influences how common the Hbs…

A: * sickle cell Anaemia is  inherited genetic disorder in which the blood cells will attain sickle…

Q: 6. After a population becomes divided by some barrier to gene flow (i.e., reproductive isolating…

A: The phylogenetic tree is sometimes referred to as the "Tree of Life" or "Dendrogram." The idea of a…

Q: 5. The wood frog (Rana sylvaticus) is unable to breed successfully with the leopard frog (Rana…

A: Introduction :- F1 hybrids are formed in the F1 generation or first filial generation , when male…

Q: 10. Which of the following components of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection states…

A: According to Darwin's theory of evolution postulates are -   Overproduction  Struggle for…

Q: 4) Consider the pedigree below. Double lines indicate matings between related individuals: P, 2 Fg…

A: ANSWER;- a) A family tree or a pedigree tree is a visual representation of the phenotype of the…

Q: In a population of chimps, a gene that controls the presence or absence of an extra digit on…

A: b. 48% is correct answer.

Q: 17. Genetic equilibrium can be disrupted in many ways. Which of the following describes changes in…

A: According to several "evolutionary theories", living creatures change their physical and anatomical…

Q: 9. Which of the following statements best explains the Theory of Natural Selection? *   A. Organs…

A: Natural selection is the process of evolution. Animals that are accustomed to adapting to their…

Q: 1. If you have the dominant trait and one of your parents shows the recessive trait, what is your…

A: DNA stores information in the form of genes and passes it from one generation to another. Each gene…

Q: 1. The western coyote (Canis lupus latrans) can interbreed with the gray wolf (Canis lupus lupus) to…

A: Reproductive isolation is a process that prevents species from interbreeding. Prezygotic isolation…

Q: 1. THE PROCESS BY WHICH ORGANISMS CHANGE OVER TIME IS KNOWN AS 2. THE PROCESS WHEREBY ORGANISMS THAT…

A: Genetics is a branch of science which deals with studies of genetic material , genes , genetic…

Q: 17. Which of the following statements best explains the Theory of Natural Selection? *       a.…

A: Introduction:- Natural selection is a process of adapting the new environment to survive and to…

Q: 4. Cystic fibrosis is a recessive condition that affects about 1 in 2,500 babies in the Caucasian…

A: Hardy weinberg principle is used to find the frequency of a population in general among different…

Q: 4. According to the theory of natural selection, why are some individuals more likely than others to…

A: Evolution is a continuous process and we are still evolving. Evolution is nothing but adapting to…

Q: 1b. Artificial selection occurs when  a. the extremes of a population have a better chance to…

A: Artificial selection is the process by which humans select individual organisms for breeding based…

Q: 4. A population of newts contains 3 yellow newts, 4 spotted newts, 8 stripes newts, and 2 plain…

A: Variations : These are the phenotypic characters that makes individuals differ from each other in a…

Q: 1. What is the effect of selection on reproduction, allelic diversity, and frequency? 2. What would…

A: Allelic diversity and frequencies are stable only in a randomly mating population and are constant…

Q: What happens to the genotypic frequencies from generation 1 to generation 5? 2.) What process is…

A: As per our policy we are answering the only first three sub parts of the question . For the rest of…

Q: 4. In monkeys, black coat color (B) is dominant over brown color (b). A population of monkeys was…

A:

Q: 27. Which of the graphs above shows that one extreme phenotype is favored, possessing a higher…

A: Natural selection is a theory that states that organisms evolved by changing their heritable traits…

Q: 5. A population of mice may be brown (dominant phenotype) or white (recessive phenotype). Brown mice…

A: Hardy-Weinberg allocated arbitrarily the alleles frequencies as Dominant allele = pRecessive allele…

Q: 1. In a population at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, 190 out of 1000 individuals have polydactyly. Note…

A: Hardy-Weinberg Law: The incidence and consistency of gene frequency for a certain gene are…

Q: 3. In a Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium population of 250, with two alleles 's' and 'S' having allele…

A: The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is a theory which states that in the absence of disturbing factors ,…

Q: IV. A disease killed all the yellowish-fur sheep and the population continues to mate randomly. a)…

A: Hardy-Weinberg principle is significant for the distribution of genotype and allelic frequencies in…

Q: 3. Imagine a population of mice living in a grey, rocky environment. Some mice arelgrey and some are…

A: Sudden change in the genetic sequence of an organism is known as mutation. Change in the genetic…

Q: Read the following sentence: “Even though people selectively breed to yield animals with desired…

A: Artificial selection is the method of producing animals with greater productivity for human benefit.…

Q: 1.)The frequency of the R allele for round seeds in a certain population of 500 peas was found to be…

A: # According to our guideline we can answer only the first question. You need to upload the 2nd…

Q: 3

A: Given 96 out of 200 individuals in a population express recessive phenotype. Since recessive…

Q: What is this passage mostly about?  a) Breeding for “tamability” in dogs b) The history of…

A: Artificial Selection is the type of selection that is carried out by the humans and not by Mother…

Q: Given that there's a science to back you up and you actually have the capability of producing an…

A: "A 'trait' is a characteristic of an organism." A trait can be physical, like the color of one's…

Q: 2. Why does it take a long time for the bear to evolve to have the new traits? a

A: Evolution is the study of how how organisms are related to each other.

Q: What is the function of melanin in humans? What is the function of melanin in other species?

A: According to bartleby rules only one question can be answered. Please post other question as…

Q: 1. In animal breeding, what do you mean by selection

A: Ans: Animal breeding: The animals with desirable genetic and phenotypic traits are mated to get the…