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1
The Hardy-Weinberg equation, p2 + 2pq + q2, does not have a term accounting for genetic drift.
A)True
B)False
2
At Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, different genotypes do not have the same fitness.
A)True
B)False
3
Changes in allele frequency in natural selection depend on relative fitness.
A)True
B)False
4
Antibiotic resistance of bacterial pathogens during treatment arises from strong selection imposed on spontaneously resistant bacteria.
A)True
B)False
5
Migration of homozygous dominant individuals does not change the frequency of heterozygotes in the next generation.
A)True
B)False
6
Negative selection in the absence of a factor to which a particular allele confers resistance is:
A)fitness
B)founder effect
C)genetic drift
D)fitness cost
E)heterozygous advantage
7
Two colonies are established in their original range from one individual each. The allele frequency will be most affected by:
A)fitness
B)founder effect
C)genetic drift
D)fitness cost
E)heterozygous advantage
8
A detrimental recessive allele can increase in frequency by way of:
A)fitness
B)founder effect
C)genetic drift
D)fitness cost
E)heterozygous advantage
9
A neutral mutation can change frequency largely by:
A)fitness
B)founder effect
C)genetic drift
D)fitness cost
E)heterozygous advantage
10
The general ability of an organism to survive and reproduce is:
A)fitness
B)founder effect
C)genetic drift
D)fitness cost
E)heterozygous advantage
11
The Hardy-Weinberg term p gives:
A)genotype frequency
B)phenotype frequency
C)allele frequency
D)genetic variation
E)environmental variation
12
The Hardy-Weinberg term 2pq gives:
A)genotype frequency
B)phenotype frequency
C)allele frequency
D)genetic variation
E)environmental variation
13
The number of albino individuals divided by the total population gives:
A)genotype frequency
B)phenotype frequency
C)allele frequency
D)genetic variation
E)environmental variation
14
Raising monozygotic twins in different families estimates:
A)genotype frequency
B)phenotype frequency
C)allele frequency
D)genetic variation
E)environmental variation
15
Raising captured animals in uniform conditions estimates:
A)genotype frequency
B)phenotype frequency
C)allele frequency
D)genetic variation
E)environmental variation
16
Which of the following is an assumption of the Hardy-Weinberg law?
A)the population is finite
B)there is non-random mating within the population
C)mutations occur at measurable frequencies
D)migration occurs out of, but not into the population
E)the ability of all genotypes for survival and reproduction is the same
17
Selection and mutation acting on an allele establishes its:
A)microevolution
B)macroevolution
C)total phenotype variance
D)evolution equilibrium
E)selection differential
18
The term VE + VG gives:
A)microevolution
B)macroevolution
C)total phenotype variance
D)evolution equilibrium
E)selection differential
19
Speciation is an example of:
A)microevolution
B)macroevolution
C)total phenotype variance
D)evolution equilibrium
E)selection differential
20
The difference between the value of a trait for parents and the value of the trait in the entire parental population of both breeding and nonbreeding individuals is:
A)microevolution
B)macroevolution
C)total phenotype variance
D)evolution equilibrium
E)selection differential
21
Subtle changes of allele frequencies is an example of:
A)microevolution
B)macroevolution
C)total phenotype variance
D)evolution equilibrium
E)selection differential
22
The frequency of a given allele in a population is 0.95. There is one other, recessive, allele. What is the frequency of heterozygotes?
A)0.05
B)0.0475
C)0.9025
D)0.095
E)0.0975
23
The genotypic frequency of a given autosomal recessive condition is 1 in 5400 people. The frequency of the normal allele is:
A)0.0136
B)0.986
C)0.972
D)0.117
E)0.543
24
Assume Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for the Earth's population (6 billion). If there are 100 people showing a rare recessive trait, how many such individuals will be found in the next generation?
A)166,000
B)16,600
C)6,00
D)100
E)0
25
In humans, brachydactyly is a dominant condition. 173 people in a population of 372 show the disease (50 are BB, 123 are Bb) and 199 are normal phenotypes (bb). The frequency of the b allele in this generation is:
A)0.58
B)0.30
C)0.70
D)0.53
E)0.13
26
In humans, brachydactyly is a dominant condition. 173 people in a population of 372 show the disease (50 are BB, 123 are Bb) and 199 are normal phenotypes (bb). Assuming Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, how many diseased individuals will appear in the next generation of 372 individuals?
A)17
B)52
C)100
D)123
E)189
27
Multifactorial traits are not:
A)affected by both genetic and environmental factors
B)variable
C)continuous
D)affected by penetrance and expressivity
E)always polygenic
28
Which of the following is true about dizygotic twins?
A)they share all alleles at all loci
B)they have a genetic relatedness of 0.5
C)they have a genetic relatedness of 1
D)they come from the joining of a single egg with a single sperm cell
E)they are the result of a split of the zygote after fertilization
29
Huntington Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease that is lethal and has no known treatment. Normally, a lethal dominant allele will disappear from a population within a single generation. Why does HD persist in our population?
A)heterozygous advantage
B)late onset
C)genetic drift
D)natural selection
E)multifactorial







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