Question: In wild petunias, the allele for red flower color (R) is dominant over the allele for white flower color (r).  We sample a population and find 225 plants have white flowers and seventy-five have red flowers. If the population is in HWE, what are the allele frequencies of R and r in this population? How many […]

Q1. Distribute copies of the passage. Begin the passage and the idea of using thinking strategies to identify the main idea. Today, were going to identify the main idea of a passage. What are we going to do? Q2. Cautionary note on probabilities are chances of two samples having matching […]

We humans, have always examined our world about us, seeking more understanding. However, we examine our world differently today thanthey did thousands of years ago. In the beginning there was’natural philosophy’ and this way of looking at our world hasevolved into what we know today as ‘science’ What is it […]

Q1. A cross between two inbred plants that had mean seed weights of 20 and 40 grams, respectively, produced an F1 generation with seeds weighing an average of 30 grams each. An F1 x F1 cross produced 1000 plants: 3 had seeds weighing 20 grams, 5 had seeds weighing 40 […]