What Hypothesis Was Hutchison Et Al

question 28

Multiple Choice

What hypothesis was Hutchison et al. testing by examining the relationship between muscle contractions and oxygen consumption in Burmese pythons?

• A)Burmese pythons contract muscles to warm eggs during incubation.
• B)More muscle contractions occur when the temperature is cooler.
• C)The Burmese python is native to southeastern Asia.
• D)Oxygen consumption generates heat through cellular respiration.

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Definitions:

Heterozygous

Referring to an organism that has two different alleles for a specific gene, one inherited from each parent.

Dominant Allele

An allele that expresses its phenotypic effect even when heterozygous with a recessive allele.

Recessive Allele

A variant of a gene that must be inherited from both parents in order to manifest its trait, as opposed to a dominant allele where only one copy is needed for expression.