Northern elephant seals have reduced genetic variationprobably because of a population bottleneck humans inflicted onthem in the 1890s. Hunting reduced their population size to as fewas 20 individuals at the end of the 19th century. Their populationhas since rebounded to over 30,000. Which of the followingaccurately describes this situation (check […]

Consider normal skin pigmentation (A) dominant to albino (a) and susceptibility to migraine headache (M) dominant to normal (m). The loci are autosomal. Assume that both parents are heterozygous for the skin colour and migraine traits described above. a) What is the probability they will have children in the following […]

How many different 6-mer sequences of DNA are there? (Hint: There are 16 possible dinucleotides and 64 possible trinucleotides). We can quantify the information-carrying capacity of nucleic acids in the following way. Each position can be one of four bases, corresponding to two bits of information (22 = 4). Thus, […]

Why construct financial forecasts? From a planning perspective, is it necessary to forecast the future as it relates to the organization as well as the industry as a whole? If you were President and CEO of Apple Corporation, would you want to know what the forecast for iPhones would be […]