David Khal Process of Science What Can Fruit Flies Reveal about Inheritance? Lab Notebook Chi-Square test for Case 1 Phenotype Observed No. (o) Expected No. (e) (o-e) (o-e) 2 (o-e) 2 e Red eyes 31 33 2 4 0.1212 Sepia eyes 13 11 2 4 0.3636 2 (to the nearest ten-thousandth) 0.4848 Questions 1. Why is it important to remove the adults in the parental generation? To keep the tests accurate‚ it is important to separate the adults from the parental generation so you know you are
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Edexcel GCSE Biology/Science Unit B1: Influences on Life Foundation Tier Tuesday 15 May 2012 – Morning Time: 1 hour You must have: Calculator‚ ruler Paper Reference 5BI1F/01 Total Marks Instructions Use black ink or ball-point pen. Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name‚ centre number and candidate number. Answer all questions. Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need. Information The total mark for this paper
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ribosomes‚ endoplasmic reticulum‚ golgi apparatus‚ lysosomes‚ vacuoles‚ cytoskeleton What is an allele? Be able to define the following: Genotype‚ Phenotype‚ Transcription‚ Translation Know the steps involved in transcription and translation What are mutations? How do they lead to evolutionary changes? Mutations that affect genes affect the phenotype What experiment was used to show "evolution in action"? Fruit flies and starvation resistance What is natural selection? How does evolution
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During the genetic drift‚ an unexpected change occurs in the environment which modifies a number of times the alleles are in a certain population. It is established that the origin of hemochromatosis in Europe first began thousands of years ago when the Vikings began to migrate to the coast. This has been known to spark the spread of the disease‚ which eventually became more prevalent in Europe. “When small populations‚ establish colonies in unpopulated or secluded areas‚ there is significant in
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1. Evidence of evolution suggests that the mechanisms of inheritance‚ accompanied by selection‚ allow change over many generations outline the impact on the evolution of plants and animals of: * changes in physical conditions in the environment * changes in chemical conditions in the environment * competition for resources Changes in physical conditions in the environment * These include natural conditions‚ such as temperature and the availability of water. * The Australia landmass
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Mendelian inheritance Mendelian inheritance (or Mendelian genetics or Mendelism or Monogenetic inheritance) is a scientific theory of how hereditary characteristics are passed from parent organisms to their offspring; it underlies much of genetics. This theoretical framework was initially derived from the work of Gregor Johann Mendel published in 1865 and 1866 which was re-discovered in 1900; it was initially very controversial. When Mendel’s theories were integrated with the chromosome theory of
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What is geographic variation and how does the term cline relate? Page 2 of 3 Adapted from L. Miriello by S. Sharp 16. What is different about the terms fitness and relative fitness? 17. Why is it said that evolution acts on phenotypes and not genotypes? 18. Use the diagram below to differentiate between the modes of selection. 19. Why does diploidy preserve genetic variation? 20. How does balancing natural selection relate to the term balanced
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Michelle Kelly July 28‚ 2010 BIOL 2071 Section 001 Brassica Rapa Fast Plant Traits Experiment By: Tony Nguyen Group Members: Troy Kessler‚ Christopher Amo-Quarm Abstract: How are traits passed down from one generation to the next? Does the genes from both parent combine into 1 or are the inherited by a whole where 1 is express while the other stays dormant. Using Mendel’s Laws as a base for our experiment‚ we will determine the expected outcome of these
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1.) The historical origins of the practice of discriminating based on race started back during 1662 where the invention of whiteness during the same period colonial leaders began to put Europeans into new categories which is white. Categories were invented in order to describe and identify among Europeans each other. Before the new categories people were identify base on your national origin. But the new idea was that European get categorized into one single category which is white. White appears
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QUESTIONS 1. According to the Hardy-Weinberg theorem‚ p + q 1 and p2 + 2pq + q2 1. What does each of these formulas mean‚ and how are the formulas derived? p + q 1: If you add all the dominant alleles for a gene to all the recessive alleles for the gene‚ you get all of the alleles for that gene‚ or 100% of the alleles for the gene. (Note: This assumes the gene has only two alleles.) p2 + 2pq + q2 1: If you combine all the individuals that are homozygous dominant for a gene with all
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