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4 years ago

How are mitosis and meiosis similar and different?

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The fundamental sequence of events in mitosis is the same as in meiosis (in meiosis it happens twice). Both processes include the breakdown of the nuclear membrane, the separation of genetic material into two groups, followed by cell division and the reformation of the nuclear membrane in each cells.

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What are the advantages and limitations to using fossils to study the living things that lived in the past?

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Fossils are one of the best evidence of evolution, mainly because they are the remains of living organisms from the past, which allow us to compare them with living organisms. However, the fossil record is notoriously incomplete and it is also biased in favor of animals with hard body parts, such as skeletons and shells. Soft bodied organisms and soft body parts are rarely preserved and there are often huge gaps in some evolutionary sequences. For example, Archaeopteryx is the earliest known bird, but it is already a bird, nothwithstanding some of the features that are unquestionably reptilian. The earliest known reptile with feathers is Longisquama, but there is a gap of some 75 million years between Longisquama and Archaeopteryx, and nothing has yet been found that are intermediate between these two important fossils.

Finally, DNA is virtually unobtainable from fossils, making it nearly impossible to compare the DNA of most fossils with living organisms. In terms of phylogenetic tree construction, DNA data is far superior to fossil evidence. However, if not for the existence of fossils, DNA data alone would be unconvincing as evidence of evolutionary change.

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3 years ago

The "calico" pattern of coat coloration in female cats is a result of:__________

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b. x chromosome inactivation

Explanation:

As you know, female cats have an x chromosome inherited from their mother and an x chromosome inherited from their father. After these two chromosomes are inherited and determine the sex of the cat, one of them will be disabled at some point in fetal development. Inside the X chromosome is the gene that determines the coat color of cats, when one of the two x chromosomes is deactivated, the other x chromosome will have all of its cells activated. In this case, if the activated chromosome is the one that has genes for the "cheetah" pattern of the coat color, all the descendants of this female cat also have the same coat.

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3 years ago

The table below summarizes Mendel’s results for the F2 generation. Mendel’s Results Plant height 787 tall 277 short Flower color

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Answer:

2001

Explanation:

This question showcases a table that displays Mendel's results (figures) when he crossed pea plants and observed different characters in the plant. Mendel worked with different phenotypic characteristics in the pea plant.

According to the table, the result were for seven characteristics including height, flower color, flower position, pod color, pod shape, seed color, seed shape. Based on the observation of the number of F2 offsprings that possessed dominant trait and recessive trait for each character, we will notice that it follows an approximate phenotypic ratio of 3:1

1. Plant height 787 tall 277 short (3:1)

2. Flower color 705 purple 224 white (3:1)

3. Flower position 651 middle of stem 207 end of stem (3:1)

4. Pod color 428 green 152 yellow (3:1)

5. Pod shape 882 inflated 299 constricted (3:1)

6. Seed color 6,022 yellow X green

7. Seed shape 5,474 smooth 1,850 wrinkled (3:1)

This 3 dominant : 1 recessive ratio is the ratio got in the F2 offsprings when he observed the seven characteristics in pea plants. Hence, the seed color will also follow the same 3:1 ratio

Therefore, 2001 is the result Mendel obtained in the F2 offsprings for the recessive trait of seed color characteristics in his experiment, which actually depicts the 3:1 ratio. Hence, X (green seed color) is 2001

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3 years ago

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How are sex-linked traits inherited?

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Alleles are passed from the parents’ sex chromosomes to the sex chromosomes in the offspring.

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-Sex linked traits are traits that are carried by the sex chromosomes and inherited together.

-Gene exists in alternative forms called alleles and each allele for a trait is inherited from each parent.

-Sex traits, like the other traits, are passed from parents to off spring through the process of sexual reproduction.

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3.formation of an unstable 6-carbon compound
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