Heredity is the process of passing of traits from one generation to the next generation. Now, this process would not lead to any interesting results (and in turn, the astonishing variety of life on earth), if this process was 100% accurate or faithful. So, even though traits are transferred from parents to their off-springs, the traits are usually marginally altered.
This gives rise to off-springs who are like their parents but with very minor changes. These changes could either be a) beneficial b) harmful (deleterious) or c) neutral.
Harmful changes cause the organism to perish before it can pass on these changes to the next generation. Sometimes a trait that existed in the earlier might become deleterious due to a change in the environment and thus, undergo the process of elimination from the population.
Beneficial changes help the organism to adapt better to its surroundings and live longer and have more off-springs such that these changes are spread to more and more organisms in the population and are eventually get fixed.
A series of such changes in a subsection of a population eventually lead to a new species which is nothing like the older generation. This process of “fixing” or beneficial changes and removal of deleterious traits from a population is called evolution.
Interestingly, the changes that seem the most inconsequential, the neutral changes, are responsible for the bulk of evolution. Neutral changes along with geographical isolation lead to a process called genetic drift, which is considered by many to be the strongest driving force of evolution.
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The graph below presents the number of borer beetles per hectare in relation to the size of the forest cover.
As we can see, the number of borer beetles increases with the percentage of forest cover. At 15% of the forest cover the number of beetles is around 4 per hectare and at 30% it would be around 11, showing a
275% increase in number.
Answer:
5.) The possible genotypes should be: RR RB BB ( if the could for the same proteins)
6.) Frequency of R: 0.5
7.)Frequency of R: 0.5
8.)Frequency of R: 0.375
Explanation:
5.) If R and B code for the different forms of the same protein then they are only a few possible out comes
6.) First calculate the total alleles in population
allele R= 40
Allele B=40
total allele = R+B= 40+40
=80
Now to find allele R frequency is:
(Total R alleles) / (Total allele in pop)
40/80=
0.5
7.)Calculate the total alleles
Alleles from for R
RR= 10
R=10x 2= 20
Multiply the value by 2 because there are 2 R alleles present in
RB=20
R=20
Number doesn't change there is only 1 R allele
Total R=20+20
=40
Alleles For B
BB=10
B=10×2
=20
Same thing here, two B alleles together so multiple by 2
RB=20
B=20
Total B= 20+20
=40
Total alleles in pop add
40+40
=80
Frequency of R
Total of R/Total Alleles
=40/80
=0.5
8.)Repeat the same thing in 7 but use different numbers
RR=10
R=10x2
=20
RB=10
R=10
Total R= 20+10
=30
Different colored bands in each solvent signify the different materials that are found in the substance that is been analysed.
The green band in the solvent represent the green chlorophyll which are found in leaves. Chlorophyll is the substance which gives the plants the capacity to trap energy from the sun for production of food.
