Answer: signals fair weather and an approaching cold front
A student notices cirrus clouds characterized by long, thin, wispy strands of clouds in the sky. It generally appears white or light grey in color and signals fair weather and an approaching rain or cold front.
Answer:
Since the gene mutates at a rate of 0.76 base pairs every 17.1 million years, to find out the time it would take for 1 base pair to mutate can be calculated by dividing 17.1 million years by 0.76
17,100,000 ÷ 0.76 = 22.5 million years
The following equation can be used to describe this:
μ = [(r2/N2) − (r1/N1)] × ln (N2/N1) = (f1 − f2) × ln (N2/N1)
r1 = the observed number of mutants at time point 1
r2 = the observed number of mutants at the next time point
N1 and N2 are the numbers of cells at time points 1 and 2
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Answer:
The population suffered a genetic bottleneck, which decreased genetic variation and thereby randomly increasing the frequency of harmful alleles
Explanation:
A population bottleneck, also known as genetic bottleneck, can be defined as a drastic reduction in the size of a population, which may be caused by anthropic activity and/or environmental phenomena (e.g., earthquakes, famines, fires, droughts, etc). A genetic bottleneck leads to a reduction in genetic variability within a population. Moreover, the genetic drifit caused by a genetic bottleneck can also increase the frequency of harmful alleles/mutations (it is due to the random sampling of individuals), thereby increasing the frequency of deleterious alleles/mutations in the population.