Answer:
<em>Sensory neurons</em> detected the smell of muffins.
Explanation:
Sensory neurons can be described as a group of neurons which convert stimulus from the external environment of the organism into an electrical impulse. Sensory neurons are also known as afferent neurons. there are different types of sensory neurons to detect different types of environmental stimuli. The sensory neurons which are used for smelling are termed as olfactory sensory neurons. Hence, the sensory neurons helped Audrey to detect the smell of muffins.
Genes come in different varieties, called alleles<span>. </span>Somatic cells<span> contain two alleles for every gene, with one allele provided by each parent of an organism. It is impossible to tell exactly what gene the organism could have. </span>
Answer:
The correct answer is: Genetic Drift.
Explanation:
- In any population of any species having two or more alleles encoding for different genes, the frequency of occurrence of each allele among the individuals of a population can vary.
- The frequency of one allele may be far more or far less than the frequency of other alleles.
- The frequency of any particular allele is dependent on factors like random mating among individuals as well as natural selection, that tends to increase the frequency of those alleles which provide a survival advantage to the individual in a given environment.
- Genetic drift can be defined as a phenomenon due to which the frequency of an allele encoding for a particular gene undergoes drastic change (increase or decrease) in a population due to random mating as well as natural selection.
- In the given statement, one individual of an isolated population of piranhas underwent synonymous mutation in the beta-globin encoding gene.
- A synonymous mutation can be defined as such a change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene that does not affect the sequence, structure or function of the protein encoded by it.
- The increase in the frequency of the mutated form of the beta-globin gene after five generations to 5% indicates that due to the impact of random mating or natural selection or both, this has happened.
