1. The infant with the highest probability of survival would weigh: 2. An infant

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1. The infant with the highest probability of survival would weigh:

2. An infant with 90% survival (or 10% death) would weigh: 11lbs

For a particular gene, the frequency of the dominant allele H is 0.65. The total population size is 10,000 individuals. In addition, the homozygous recessive condition results in living but sterile offspring.

Fill in the table of values for the generations indicated:

Generation

p

q

p2

2pq

q2

1

2

3. Does this population exhibit Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Why or why not? If not, what assumptions does the Hardy-Weinberg principle make that appear to be inapplicable in this situation?

4. Describe how continental drift resulting in Australia being isolated in the South Pacific contributed to biological species evolution.

5. If a population of allopolyploids were to evolve in an area, what are possible outcomes for this new species?

Generation

p

q

p2

2pq

q2

1

2

| | | | lapos bo) geop 96 30 0 5 2 0 9 15 3 5 5

Explanation / Answer

Ans1:

From the given Graph, we can observe that %death is least for children with body weight of around 7lbs.

Thus, infant with highest probability of survival would weigh 7lbs.

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