The Order of the Four Spore Pairs Within an Ascus

question 38

Multiple Choice

The order of the four spore pairs within an ascus of an ordered tetrad reflects

• A) the orientation of the four chromatids of each tetrad at the metaphase plate of meiosis I.
• B) whether or not mitosis takes place after meiosis.
• C) the number of recombination events.
• D) both A and B.
• E) all of the above.

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P-Value

A statistical metric indicating the likelihood of obtaining the observed results when the null hypothesis of a study is true.

F Statistic

A ratio used in ANOVA and regression analysis to determine if the variances between means are statistically significant.

Main Effect

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Two-Way ANOVA

An extension of the ANOVA that assesses the effect of two different categorical independent variables on one continuous dependent variable.