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Select the best description of adaptations, below.

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An inherited modification of structure or function that allows an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment is the best description of adaptation.

Explanation:

Adaptation is the process in which a favorable or beneficial trait is passed on to organism and ability to survive in the environment. Offspring are produced with beneficial characters to survive.

The traits expressed (phenotype) are in large number of variations. These traits which are beneficial for the organism to survive in the environment it lives increases. It means the allele frequency of the useful trait increases in the population. The population having received the trait will survive and evolve for better adaptations.

hram777 [196]3 years ago

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Answer: b

An inherited modification of structure or function that allows an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.

Explanation:

Adaptation helps an organism to become better suited to survive and reproduce in its environment. It is change in an organism's structure or behavior.

Change in physical features of an organism is considered as structural adaptation. Example- fur in bear

Change in the way an organism does things to survive is called behavioral adaptation. Example- bird calls and migration from one place to another.

Adaptation is an essential feature that helps an organism to better servive in the environment. In case, an organism fails to adapt to changes in its environment, its immune system becomes weak and fails to work. This threatens its life and it becomes ill. This may also result in its death.

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Offspring phenotypes : Cleft chin or no cleft chin.

% chance child will have cleft chin: 50%

3. % chance child will have arched feet: 25%

4. % chance child will have blonde hair: 50%

5. % chance child will have normal vision: 25%

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CASE 1 :

Dominant trait: cleft chin (C)

Recessive trait: lacks cleft chin (c)

Father’s gametes: cc

Mother’s gametes: Cc

There are two possible combination of Gametes ,

C fom mother and c from father= Cc

c from mother and c from father = cc

Gametes of Cc Parents= $\frac{1}{2}C + \frac{1}{2} c$ ........(i)

Gametes of cc parents = $\frac{1}{2}c + \frac{1}{2}c$ .........(ii)

Combining (i) and (ii) we get,

$\frac{1}{2} Cc + \frac{1}{2} cc$

There fore offspring Genotypes will be Cc or cc

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Genotype Cc then phenotype= Cleft chin

Genotype cc then phenotype = Lacks cleft chin.

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CASE 2 :

Dominant trait: flat feet (A)

Recessive trait: arched feet (a)

Mother’s gametes: Heterozygous (Aa)

Father’s gametes: Heterozygous (Aa)

There are four possible combination of genotypes are =AA , Aa, Aa and aa

i.e. A from mother, A from father= AA

A from mother, a from father =Aa

a from mother, A from Father = Aa

a from mother, a from father = aa

Gametes of Aa parent = $\frac{1}{2} A + \frac{1}{2} a$

Gametes of other Aa parent = $\frac{1}{2} A + \frac{1}{2} a$

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$\frac{1}{4} AA + \frac{1}{4} Aa$

+ $\frac{1}{4} Aa$ + $\frac{1}{4} aa$

..........................................................................................

$\frac{1}{4}AA + \frac{1}{2}Aa +\frac{1}{4} aa$

Offspring Genotypes will be: AA or Aa or aa

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Recessive trait: normal vision (f)

Mother’s gametes: Heterozygous (Ff)

Father’s gametes: Heterozygous (Ff)

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it will result in one-fourth FF , half Ff and one-fouth ff combination.

Therefore Genotypes will be: FF, Ff and ff

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Genotype Ff then phenotype farsightedness

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