From studies and research, I believe the proper question would be:
"How do the animals satisfy their need for water?" or "How long do the animals live?"
Explanation 1:
When studying the desert, asking "Can you buy the animals in pet stores?" is not going to help you find information about the desert because it is not a question to get information about the desert, only information if you just buy it at your local pet shop.
Explanation 2:
Asking "How many offspring do the animals have?" does help us learn about animals, but we are trying to find information on the structure of the desert in which the animals live in. We are not looking for how many children the animals will have because it doesn't fully relate to the question we would be asking.
Side Note: Offsprings mean children.
<em>Hope this helps!</em>
<em> ~Hocus Pocus</em>
Answer:
c. 1:2:1
The results are consistent with incomplete dominance for this trait, with pink flowers being heterozygous.
Explanation:
If flower color were determined by a gene showing incomplete dominance, the possible genotypes and phenotypes are as follows:
- RR- red
- ww - white
- Rw - pink
If pink sweet peas are self-pollinated, then a cross between two heterozygous individuals is done (Rw x Rw).
<u>From this cross the expected ratios are:</u>
- 1/4 RR (red)
- 2/4 Rw (pink)
- 1/4 ww (white)
So the null hypothesis is that the observed results exhibit a 1:2:1 ratio.
<h3><u>Chi square test</u></h3>
<u>The observed frequencies were:</u>
Total 150
<u>The expected frequencies for our null hypothesis are:</u>
- 1/4 x 150 = 37.5 Red
- 2/4 x 150 = 75 Pink
- 1/4 x 150 = 37.5 white
The degrees of freedom (DF) are calculated as number of phenotypes - 1; in this case DF = 3-1 = 2.
If we look at the Chi square table, for 2 DF and a probability of p0.05, the critical value is 5.991
Our X^2 value of 0.5067 is less than the critical value, so we do not reject the null hypothesis. The results are consistent with incomplete dominance for this trait, with pink flowers being heterozygous.
- The environment needs to change in order to natural selection to occur.
Reason:
Because, Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over generations.
2. Population has some genetic variations.
Reason:
Genetic variation is essential for natural selection because natural selection can only increase or decrease frequency of alleles that already exist in the population. Genetic variation is caused by:
mutation and random mating between organisms
3. Nature select organism with specific traits to survive and reproduce.
Reason:
According to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, organisms that possess heritable traits that enable them to better adapt to their environment compared with other members of their species will be more likely to survive, reproduce, and pass more of their genes on to the next generation.
