Bio 345 Evolution Exam Study Set
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What is the formula for Frequency - ✔✔p=dominant
q=recessive
p+q=1
p^2 + 2pq=Frequency
Brown fur(F) White fur(f) f=.4 what is the frequency of F - ✔✔p + q =1
p = 1 - 0.4 = 0.6
(0.6)2 + (2*0.6*0.4) = 0.84
Which is not a possible disturbance of Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium?
a)Migration
b) Selection
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,c) Random mating
d) Mutation - ✔✔c) Random mating
On which of the following does natural selection operate?
a) Allele dominance
b) Genotype
c) Phenotype
d) RNA transcription - ✔✔c) Phenotype
Hardy-Weinberg equation - ✔✔∆𝒑 = (𝒑𝒒(𝑾𝑨 − 𝑾𝑩)) / (𝒑𝑾𝑨 + 𝒒𝑾𝑩)
Looking at the Hardy-Weinberg equation: ∆𝒑 = (𝒑𝒒(𝑾𝑨 − 𝑾𝑩)) / (𝒑𝑾𝑨 +
𝒒𝑾𝑩)
One can be positive that equilibrium has been achieved for all of the
following conditions except when ______?
a) Δp = 0
b) p = 0
c) q = 0
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, d) Δp = 1 - ✔✔d) Δp = 1
If Lamarck's hypothesis of species modification were true, the children of a
person who developed large muscles by lifting weights would be born
with ______?
a) Smaller than average muscles
b) Normal-sized muscles
c) Normal-sized muscles that would
become larger only if the children also lifted weights
d) Larger than average muscles - ✔✔d) Larger than average muscles
A gene in peas results in either smooth or wrinkled seeds with smooth (W)
dominant over wrinkled (w). What is the expected frequency of the
recessive allele in generation progeny of two pea plants heterozygous for
the wrinkled seed gene?
Punnet square - ✔✔0.50 w alleles
Which of the following is not true of fitness?
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What is the formula for Frequency - ✔✔p=dominant
q=recessive
p+q=1
p^2 + 2pq=Frequency
Brown fur(F) White fur(f) f=.4 what is the frequency of F - ✔✔p + q =1
p = 1 - 0.4 = 0.6
(0.6)2 + (2*0.6*0.4) = 0.84
Which is not a possible disturbance of Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium?
a)Migration
b) Selection
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,c) Random mating
d) Mutation - ✔✔c) Random mating
On which of the following does natural selection operate?
a) Allele dominance
b) Genotype
c) Phenotype
d) RNA transcription - ✔✔c) Phenotype
Hardy-Weinberg equation - ✔✔∆𝒑 = (𝒑𝒒(𝑾𝑨 − 𝑾𝑩)) / (𝒑𝑾𝑨 + 𝒒𝑾𝑩)
Looking at the Hardy-Weinberg equation: ∆𝒑 = (𝒑𝒒(𝑾𝑨 − 𝑾𝑩)) / (𝒑𝑾𝑨 +
𝒒𝑾𝑩)
One can be positive that equilibrium has been achieved for all of the
following conditions except when ______?
a) Δp = 0
b) p = 0
c) q = 0
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, d) Δp = 1 - ✔✔d) Δp = 1
If Lamarck's hypothesis of species modification were true, the children of a
person who developed large muscles by lifting weights would be born
with ______?
a) Smaller than average muscles
b) Normal-sized muscles
c) Normal-sized muscles that would
become larger only if the children also lifted weights
d) Larger than average muscles - ✔✔d) Larger than average muscles
A gene in peas results in either smooth or wrinkled seeds with smooth (W)
dominant over wrinkled (w). What is the expected frequency of the
recessive allele in generation progeny of two pea plants heterozygous for
the wrinkled seed gene?
Punnet square - ✔✔0.50 w alleles
Which of the following is not true of fitness?
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