Q1. The genes for mahogany eyes and ebony body are approximately 30 map units apart on chromosome III in Drosophila. The inheritance pattern for both mahogany eyes and ebony body phenotypes is recessive. Assume that a mahogany-eyed female was mated to an ebony-bodied male and that the resulting F1 phenotypically […]

The Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth (ARACY) launched Australia’s first ever national plan for child and youth wellbeing, known as The Nest action agenda on Monday 18 November 2013. The Nest action agenda provides evidence showing our children and youth are lagging behind across key international health and […]

EVE 100-Fall Quarter 2015 – HW4 A population of mice on dark soil has 40% dark mice and 60% light mice at the start of the year. Dark mice blend into the soil and avoid predation; they have a 75% chance of surviving the year. Light mice stand out and […]

1. Critically discuss the difference between food intoxication and food infections. 2. In May 2012, a young woman in Georgia was zip lining and fell into a river. A short time later she was hospitalized for a severe life threatening disease, caused by what is commonly referred to as flesh […]