1. Compare and contrast asexual and sexual reproduction. 2. Explain why both sexual and asexual reproductive strategies still exist (ie, why doesn’t every organism reproduce sexually? Why doesn’t every organism reproduce sexually?). 3. Discuss why sexual reproduction is so prevalent given that asexual reproduction is so much more efficient. 4. […]

Here is your opportunity to dream! Choose a vacation destination anywhere in the world (to which you must fly) for a two week trip (assume you have vacation time from work to take the trip) that you would like to take exactly ten (10) years from today. This can either […]

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 […]