Two flowers that are pink in color produce red, pink, and white-flowered offspring T/F?

Estrogen is responsible for the reproductive system in women and high levels occur naturally during menstruation as compared to glucose levels in blood as the pancreas is constantly producing more insulin to lower the glucose in blood.

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3 years ago

State two ways in which endocrine glands and exocrine glands differ.

denis-greek [22]

Answer:

The two major differences lies in the function and support system.

Explanation:

The two major differences between an endocrine and an exocrine system are as follows –

a) An endocrine system releases its produce (hormones) into the connective tissue i.e blood while the exocrine system releases hormones directly into the ducts so that it could reach the targeted tissue directly.

For example – the Adrenal gland is an endocrine gland that secretes adrenaline directly into the blood. The salivary gland is an exocrine gland that releases its produce into the collecting duct leading to mouth. However, Pancreas is both endocrine and exocrine gland.

b) The endocrine system cannot work alone therefore it works in coordination with the nervous system to control actions and balance the body. However, the exocrine system works independently

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3 years ago

A genetically heterogeneous population of rice has a mean in the number of days to maturation of 30. Selection for decreased per

chubhunter [2.5K]

Answer:

h² = 0.6

Explanation:

Before answering the question, we need to know a few concepts.

Artificial selection is the selecting practice of a specific group of organisms in a population -that carry the traits of interest- to be the parents of the following generations.

Parental individuals carrying phenotypic values of interest are selected from the whole population. These parents interbreed, and a new generation is produced.

The selection differential, SD, is the difference between the mean value of the trait in the population (X₀) and the mean value of the parents, (Xs). So,

SD = X₀ - Xs

Heritability in the strict sense, h², is the genetic component measure to which additive genetic variance contributes. The heritability might be used to determine how the population will respond to the selection done, R.

h² = R/SD

The response to selection (R) refers to the metric value gained from the cross between the selected parents. R can be calculated by multiplying the heritability h², with the selection differential, SD.

R = h²SD

R also equals the difference between the new generation phenotypic value (X₁) and the original population phenotypic value (X₀),

R = X₀ - X₁

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Now that we know these concepts and how to calculate them, we can solve the proposed problem.

Available data:

You are selecting rice´s decreased period of maturation.
The population of rice has a mean maturation time of 30 days → X₀
Parental selected average period to maturation is 25 days → Xs
F1 plants mature on average in 27 days → X₁
N arrow sense Heritability → h²

According to what we sow previously, we need to find out the value of h².

We know that h² = R/SD, so we need to get R and SD first.

R = X₁ - X₀

R = 27 - 30

R = -3

SD = Xs - X₀

SD = 25 - 30

SD = -5

Knowing this, we can calculate h²

h² = R/SD

h² = -3/-5

h² = 0.6

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3 years ago