The Coat Color in a Siamese Cat Is Determined by a Temperature-Sensitive

question 63

Multiple Choice

The coat color in a Siamese cat is determined by a temperature-sensitive allele that allows the brownish pigment melanin to be produced in extremities of the body.What might explain this phenomenon?

• A) Melanin appears darker in extremities because less light is reflected.
• B) Alleles are used to produce proteins that function best in specific temperature ranges.
• C) Siamese cats evolved in warm climates and did not need melanin.
• D) Extremities in a cat are more prone to damage from sunlight.

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Confidence Interval

A tract of values derived by statistical analysis of samples, thought to potentially include the value of a population parameter not yet known.

Sample Variances

A measure of dispersion calculated from a sample of a population, representing the average of the squared deviations from the sample mean.

Population Variances

Population variances measure the dispersion of all data points in a population around the population mean, reflecting the overall variability within that population.

Significance Level

A threshold of probability set before conducting a hypothesis test, below which the null hypothesis is rejected, symbolized as alpha (α).