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Suppose that a population of forest dwellers is predominantly green, but about 25% of each new generation of children are a lighter color – yellow or pale green. The lighter colored beings have to be careful, as they are more easily seen and eaten by predators! How can we explain […]

Respond to Biology Questions: Progress in Evolution Discussion Questions: Do you believe that evolution is progressive? Why or why not? What does the Great Chain of Being (or Scala Naturae) have to do with the notion of progress and goals in evolution? What view does current thinking in evolutionary biology […]

Assignment 1. Looking at Table 7-2 (below) on page 449 of the manual, why might penicillin resistance be more common than tetracycline resistance? 2. What information (other than Kirby-Bauer results) might a doctor want before prescribing one of these medications to a patient? What might a pharmacist ask before filling […]

Biology questions 1. What were the characteristics of the Pea plant that enabled Mendel to do his experiments? 2. How does probability and chance play an important role in genetics? 3. Explain the difference between geneotypes and phenotypes: 4. What does it mean when they say some genes are linked? […]