biology genetic problem practice
Subject:
Biology [1]
Tags:
Biology [2]
Genetics [3]
Selection [8]
Genetic drift [10]
Allele frequency [11]
Recessive [12]
genotype [13]
1. The half-life of Carbon-14 decaying to Nitrogen-14 is 5,730 years. A mammoth bone fossil found in Siberia appears to be 22,920 years old. If these fossils now contain 6 grams of C-14, how much C-14 did they contain when this mammoth died? 22,920 6 17,190 12 11,460 24 5,730 48 1 96 22,920 / 5,730 = 4 half lives OR end = starting amount / 2 ^ half-lives 6 = start / 2 ^ 4 6 = start / 16 96 = starting amount 2. A disease is controlled by a single gene with two alleles. Assume Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for this gene. If one in 2,000 monkeys have albinism, what is the ratio of heterozygous carriers to those with the disease? P^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1