Answer:
a) Maxillopoda is a diverse class of crustaceans including barnacles, copepods and a number of related animals. It does not appear to be a monophyletic group, and no single character unites all the members
b) General Characters of Hexapoda (Insects)
Ø A large taxa, includes insects and a small group of wingless arthropods.
Ø Body plan: 3 parts, head, thorax and abdomen.
Ø Head with six segments.
Ø Thorax with three pairs of jointed legs (hence the name hexapoda)
Ø Head bears a presegmental acron.
Ø Acron bears compound eyes.
Answer: Incomplete Dominance
Explanation:
Incomplete Dominance occurs when an heterozygous phenotype, different from the two parents homozygous phenotypes is expressed in the OFFSPRING.
FOR EXAMPLE: A pure breeding Red flower (RR) plant crossed with a pure breeding White flower (rr) plant and PRODUCES offspring with PINK flowers (Rr). This is Incomplete Dominance.
It helps sustain tbe population because of the food chain. everything needs to eat, so the more diverse a population is, the more options things have to eat. The population is sustained because everything is able to eat to survive
