Rubies are the most valuable members of the corundum family. Large gem-quality rubies can be more valuable than comparably sized diamonds and are certainly rarer. There is a relative abundance of smaller, 1-3 carat blue sapphires compared to the scarcity of even small gem-quality rubies.
Answer:
The correct answer is option B, that is, less genetic diversity in later generations.
Explanation:
A pandemic that spread across Europe between 1348 and 1350 was named as the Black Death. It has been predicted that of the total population of Europe at that time 30 to 60 percent died due to the pandemic. The geneticists are still trying to document the influence of Black Death on the population of Europe today.
It has been found that in England, the genetic diversity is found much lower in comparison to what it was in the eleventh century, and is primarily due to so many people dying in the 1300s. However, the rest of Europe does not demonstrate a dropped amount of genetic variation, which maybe because of the enhanced patterns of migration in other places.
Segments of genetic information, segments of nucleotides present in a particular strand of DNA, have the coding instructions to eventually synthesize proteins or polypeptides in the cell.
Both the temperate grasslands and temperate forests experience <u>seasonal climatic changes </u>
Explanation:
Both the temperate grasslands and temperate forests experience experience all the four seasons - spring, summer, winter and fall.
These climatic changes can be observed throughout the year with summer being warm and dry and winter being very cold. The summer temperature averages around 21 degrees centigrade while the winter temperature can go down below freezing levels.
This extremely cold winter leads to shedding of leaves of deciduous trees found in the temperate forests. The grasses in the temperate grasslands also shed and die annually with the roots and new buds protected by the soil during the cold weather.
