1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Dmitriy789 [7]
3 years ago
9

1. You are studying the nesting behavior of an unusual species of bird in the Solomon Islands. You discover that baby birds exis

t in two color morphs, grey or yellow on the island of Choiseul. You estimate that the population includes 263 yellow baby birds and 413 grey baby birds (676 total). You don’t have a genome for this species so you aren’t sure about the genetic basis of color but you assume that color is controlled by two alleles at a single locus.
There is no difference between yellow and grey baby birds once they have matured but yellow baby birds have a higher risk of predation. If 303 grey babies survive to adulthood, but only 150 yellow ones do, calculate the fitness of the yellow phenotype relative to the grey one. For this this question assumes grey is dominant
Biology
1 answer:
Dafna1 [17]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

0.78

Explanation:

Fitness measures the probability of survival and reproduction of a particular phenotype or genotype in a population.

Relative fitness measures how fit one genotype or phenotype is with respect to the most fit genotype or phenotype in a popualtion. It is calculated as = survival rate of that group / maximum survival rate observed in that population

Here,

Total number of yellow birds = 263

Yellows birds that survived = 150

Survival rate of yellow birds = 150/263 = 0.57

Total number of grey birds = 413

Grey birds that survived = 303

Survival rate of grey birds = 303/413 = 0.73

Grey birds have more survival rate than yellow birds so their survival rate is maximum in the population.

Fitness of yellow phenotype relative to grey phenotype = survival rate of yellow birds / survival rate of grey birds

= 0.57 / 0.73

= 0.78

Hence, fitness of the yellow phenotype relative to the grey one is 0.78.

You might be interested in
"the number of women who died of breast cancer divided by the number of all women with breast cancer in the same year is a measu
Zinaida [17]
Answer:  "c<span>ase fatality rate" .
____________________________________________</span>
4 0
3 years ago
Sort the different barriers into their modes of reproductive isolation. A snail with a flat disc-like shell will not be able to
Stella [2.4K]

Answer/Explanation:

Types of reproductive isolation include: temporal, ecological, mechanical, and behavioural.

A snail with a flat disc-like shell will not be able to mate with a snail having a conical shell - this is an example of mechanical isolation, where the animals are physically unable to mate due to incompatible body shapes and sizes.

The reproductive organs of male bush babies do not match with the reproductive organs of females of other bush baby species. - this is another example of mechanical isolation, as the sexual organs will physically not allow reproduction between these species

The mating call of a cricket is not recognized by a cricket of other species - this is an example of behavioural isolation, which results from incompatible mating rituals. I.e. the animals do not respond to each others mating behaviours

The signals sent by a male firefly are not recognized by the female firefly of other species. - this is also an example of behavioural isolation.

Temporal isolation is where species cannot interact because they do not have the same mating seasons or are not active at the same type of day. ?Ecological isolation occurs when two species do not come into physical contact to one another because they access different areas of the habitat. E.g. mating zones, food sources or nesting sites.

8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Round seeds are dominant over wrinkled seeds in
antoniya [11.8K]

Genotype - RR - 25%, Rr - 50%, rr - 25% (1:2:1)

Phenotype - Round seeds - 75%, Wrinkled seeds - 25% (3:1)

<h3>How explain your answer?</h3>

Let the letter "r" stand for the alleles, where R is round seeds and r is wrinkled seeds. A genotype is an individual's genes represented through alleles. Phenotypes are how the genes express themselves. In other words, genotypes will be written using letters, the alleles, and phenotypes will be the possible outcomes of the alleles.

Both of the parent seeds have the genotypes Rr and the phenotype of round seeds.

If you create punnet square (which had four boxes in total) 1 will have RR, 2 will have Rr, and 1 will have rr. These are the ratios for the genotypes. Each box represents 25%, so the percentages will be 25, 50, and 25. Finally, 3 of these boxes (RR and Rr) will result in round seeds because those are dominant. Only the genotype rr will result in wrinkled phenotype. Therefore, the ratio is 3:1 or 75% to 25%.

Thus, this could be the answer.

To learn more about genotypes and phenotypes click here:

brainly.com/question/20730322

#SPJ1

5 0
2 years ago
Which condition is inherited as a dominant allele?
Nady [450]

Answer:

Huntington's disease

Explanation:

becase it is are caused by dominant alleles of a single gene on an autosome. Changes in chromosome number can lead to disorders like Down syndrome.

8 0
2 years ago
A cell contains a unique combination of genetic material likely originating from two different individuals. Which type of cell c
soldi70 [24.7K]

Answer:

A

Explanation:

zygote is the merged gametes of different organisms

3 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Explains how the particles in gases behave
    7·1 answer
  • You are studying the enzyme kinetics of enzymes in the Kreb cycle. You add a molecule to the mixture that appears to act as a co
    8·1 answer
  • Un acrostico de bodas de estaño
    15·1 answer
  • PLZ HURRY IT'S URGENT!!!
    7·1 answer
  • Which organelle should be listed under “Both” in the diagram?
    11·2 answers
  • A student created the model of the ATP-ADP cycle shown below. How should the model be changed to accurately show the cycle? *
    15·2 answers
  • Mediante un grafico explicar breve y claramente como se realiza el proceso de la fotosintesis , cuales elementos intervienen y q
    6·1 answer
  • Prior to 2011, the United States MOST LIKELY relied on foreign sources for which natural resource?
    15·2 answers
  • How many palindromic years will there be in the twenty_first century?​
    15·2 answers
  • Briefly explain the basic process of photosynthesis.
    6·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!