Answer:
A) heritable traits cannot be altered by experience
Explanation:
This is because the Darwinist believe that heritable traits were acquired from previous generation not from practise or learning which may develop to experience with time.He believed that certain selective pressures must have acted or selected these organisms to possess these heritable characteristics, and can not be altered by experience whicg is acquired with age.
He should conclude therefore that variation in the organisms which possess these characteristics should be the main factor which gives them selective advantages to inherit these traits compare to others in this same surrounding environment Therefore he will discard the influence of environment.
They tend to be bigger and stronger
Answer:
Combined parenting leads to faster reproduction
Explanation:
Genetic diversity or variations in the physical appearance of organisms is caused by genetic or environmental factors. Reproduction brings about variation through gamete formation, fertilization and mutations.
During prophase 1 of meiosis, homologous chromosomes pair to form bivalents. The crossing over at the chiasmata results in new gene combination and variations.
Fertilization permits parental genes to be brought together. This causes variations in members of the same family.
Mutation is the spontaneous change in genetic make-up. These changes may be inherited by offspring bringing variations. However, combining parenting does not increase genetic diversity.
Answer:
The "short tail" dominant allele is easier to eliminate by selective breeding.
Explanation:
The only way for a recessive allele to be expressed (be visible) is when it appears as recessive homozygotic. These means the organisms need to have 2 copies of the gene. Selective breeding is based on the characteristics that one can see, so if the organism shows the "dilute" phenotype you can keep reproducing this individuals and get rid of the dominant allele.
On the other hand if you have a population with the dominant phenotype, you discard all the ones that have a recessive trait and you breed the dominant phenotype you could still get individuals with the recessive phenotype and individuals that express the dominant phenotype but are heterozygous.
