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1. What is the Hardy-Weinberg principle useful for to geneticists? A. to assess

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Question

1. What is the Hardy-Weinberg principle useful for to geneticists? A. to assess how bad an allele is for an individual B. to determine when extinction will happen C. to predict when genetic drift will occur D. to what degree a population is evolving for a gene

2. When examining the fossil record, a large environmental change, like an asteroid hitting the earth and wiping out a number of species, followed by adaptive radiation, would best be described by what kind of model?

A. gradual speciation

B. punctuated equilibrium

C. habitat preference

D. temporal isolation

E. allopolyploidy

Explanation / Answer

1) What is the Hardy-Weinberg principle useful for to geneticists?

D) To what degree a population is evolving for a gene

2) When examining the fossil record, a large environmental change, like an asteroid hitting the earth and wiping out a number of species, followed by adaptive radiation, would best be described by what kind of model?

C) Habitat preference