Question 1: How might both kin selection and kin recognition rules be useful in understanding cases of “adoption” in animals? Question 2: Imagine that you are studying two populations of tropical lizards that inhabit areas where high-quality food items are distributed patchily (i.e., it would take some time to travel […]

A company is growing algae in big tanks to make fish food. However, the algae is not growing very quickly and thy suspect either phosphorus, nitrogen, or iron is limiting. What could the company of to figure out which nutrient is limiting? A. Add phosphorus to one tank, nitrogen to […]

The coat color of mice can be black, white (albino) or agouti. This trait is controlled by two genes – one that controls “agouti” vs “black” coat color (we’ll call this the “coat color gene (locus)”) and one that controls “albino” vs “not albino” (we’ll call this the “albinism gene […]

You have chosen to join WHO. They are particularly interested in your microbiology skills since there have been many outbreaks of disease around the world.  Now that you have reviewed your microbiology, you have been notified that you will be sent to one of two areas, West Africa, or the […]