Q1. In the Hin recombinase system of Salmonella typhimurium discussed in class, what do you assume would be the effect on the switch of reversing orientation of one of the hix sites (it doesn’t matter whether is the left hix site or the right hix site)?

Q2. A population of 264 squirrels in a large city park is in H/W equilibrium with respect to the gene that controls the bushiness of their tails. The allele for a bushy tail is dominant t the allele scraggly tails. If 105 squirrels have bushy tails, what percent of the population are homozygous dominant?