MCAD deficiency is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Draw the mating diagram of a genetic cross between two heterozygous carriers of the defective MCAD gene. Use your mating diagram to predict the genotypic and phenotypic ratios of the offspring. Remember to use the problem solving technique for handling genetic […]

One type of model has a limited number of terms and fairly simple equations which means we can understand them (R=h2S for example), but if we applied them to a real system we know they would somewhat inaccurate. That’s because we’re leaving lots of potentially important factors out. However, if […]

In the previous example, our population had ratios of 3AA: 3Aa:4aa. Our expected ratios if the population was in Hardy-Weinbergequilibrium were 0.2025AA: 0.495 Aa: 0.302 aa a) Do a chi-square test to see if this data differs significantlyfrom the expected values. b) If our population size had been 100 individuals, […]

Nitric oxide from car exhaust is a primary air pollutant. Calculate the equilibrium constant for the reaction: N2 (g) + O2 (g) = 2NO (g) @ 25C using the data listed in Appendix 2. Assume that both delta rH and delta rS are temperature independent. Calculate the equilibrium constant at […]