Biotech
If both the sperm and the eggs are fertilized outside of an organism and in a lab, which form of biotech was used?
What are two advantages of asexual reproduction?
-Quick population growth
-Does not require finding a mate and bringing gametes together
Is hair length a discrete or continuous trait?
What is extirpation?
When a species dies in one area but still exists in another
How man cells does meiosis produce?
Which biotech would be used if the goal was to create a winged horse?
Name a heritable trait with discrete variation?
What is the advantage of being a generalist?
You can survive despite changes in the environment
Where are genes located in a human?
On chromosomes, inside of the nucleus of every cell
To produce the most wool, a farmer selects his 2 largest sheep to breed together, what method of biotech is this?
The DNA building block Thymine (T) pairs with adenine (A), what does guanine (G) pair with?
Out of the following countries, which would you expect the most biodiversity?
United states
Brazil
Antarctica
Why is diversity important?
Allows a species to adapt and survive when conditions change
What is the difference between natural and artificial and selection?
Artificial involves humans selecting what they deem the most desirable traits
Natural is survival of the fittest where traits that increase survival odds are passed on
A mushroom releases seed-like structures into the air that grow into identical mushrooms, what is this process?
A cow skin cell has 60 chromosomes. If a cow cell were to undergo meiosis how many chromosomes would the sperm cells have?
Grass-->Insect-->Frog-->Snake-->Eagle
If Eagles are extirpated, what happens to the population of insects?
What is vegetative reproduction?
A coyote is able to run down a rabbit and devour it in a forest. Is this an example of symbiosis, artificial selection, or natural selection?
Mitosis occurs in multi-cellular organisms used to grow/heal. B binary fission is used by single-celled organisms used to reproduce
If a Blue flower (Bb) reproduces with a white flower (bb) what are the possible offspring genotype percentages and phenotypes?
50% Blue (Bb) and 50% white (bb)
A butterfly stores a poisonous chemical produced by a milkweed plant that is fatal to the butterfly's predators, what symbiotic relationship is between the plant and butterfly?
How is a zygote formed?
Fertilization (bringing two gametes together)