After you've explored the Visual Synthesis Map, click the button below to answer a few questions showing that you've understood the concepts covered here.
Visual Synthesis Map Assessment
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After you've explored the Visual Synthesis Map, click the button below to answer a few questions showing that you've understood the concepts covered here.
Visual Synthesis Map Assessment
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1.1
True or False: When individuals of a parent species are separated geographically, one population of separated individuals is more likely to acquire neutral mutations than the other.
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In animals with alleles for a given trait of A and a, if Hardy-Weinberg conditions are met, which one of the following is not a possible genotype frequency? For a hint, click on the check mark next to “Hardy-Weinberg” at the top. Click the x box to turn it off when you’re done.
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True or False: An allele that has acquired a mutation at a particular nucleotide position is just as likely to acquire a subsequent mutation as an allele which has not been previously mutated.
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Neutral mutations can increase in frequency to a maximum of what percentage of the population?
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Neutral mutations can decrease in frequency to a minimum of what percentage of the population?
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A neutral mutation is one that:
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Speciation is said to occur when: (For a hint, reset the map and click on the purple double-headed arrow. Click on the arrows again when you are done.)
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If the environmental conditions change, a neutral mutation can become advantageous or disadvantageous.
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1.9
If the frequency of the blue trait changes randomly in the population from generation to generation, the most likely cause for this is:
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Which of the following factors would be least likely to affect the mutation rate in a population?
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The following numbers represent the numbers of genotypes coding for blue, red, and green coloration in the fish population. The numbers are shown for three successive generations of the population.Blue color(Genotype=BB)Red color(BG)Green color(GG)Generation 1255025Generation 2304030Generation 3502550The allele and genotype frequencies in Generation 3 are:
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The following numbers represent the numbers of genotypes coding for blue, red, and green coloration in the fish population. The numbers are shown for three successive generations of the population.Blue color(Genotype=BB)Red color(BG)Green color(GG)Generation 1255025Generation 2304030Generation 3502550Which of the following is the most likely mechanism operating to produce the results shown for the three generations in the table?
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The following numbers represent the numbers of genotypes coding for blue, red, and green coloration in the fish population. The numbers are shown for three successive generations of the population.Blue color(Genotype=BB)Red color(BG)Green color(GG)Generation 1255025Generation 2304030Generation 3502550Which of the following scenarios could not explain the changes in genotype frequencies above?