Q1. It is the nurse’s first in the maternity ward and he manages to mix up three babies born around the similar time. The babies blood types are A, AB, and O, as the blood types of the three pairs of irate parents are: B and B, A and B, […]

A Case Study in Evolutionary Biology and Animal Behavior Belding’s ground squirrels (Spermophilusbeldingi) are diurnal rodents that live in sub-alpine meadows in the far western United States. Due to the extreme weather, the squirrels hibernate for seven or eight months of the year. They must enter hibernation with sufficient fat […]

Genetics Practice Problems Q1. After graduating from college, you decide to put your biology skills to work at a local company that does genetic counseling.  Your first case is working with a couple that is trying to decide if it would be wise to conceive a child given the family’s […]

You performed breeding experiments on a newly discovered species of unicorn. the horns came in three colors: white, black and gray. A single gene controls color. When you crossed pure-breeding white-horned individuals with a pure-breeding black-horned ones, you got all gray-horned F1 offspring. You then crossed the gray-horned offspring with […]