SCENARIO 3-3 The Ordered Array Below Represents the Number of Vitamin Supplements

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SCENARIO 3-3
The ordered array below represents the number of vitamin supplements sold by a health food store in
a sample of 16 days.
19, 19, 20, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41
Note: For this sample, the sum of the values is 448, and the sum of the squared differences between
each value and the mean is 812.
-Referring to Scenario 3-3,what type of shape does the distribution of the sample appear to have?

Understand the role of mutation-selection balance in maintaining genetic diversity.

Recognize the importance of population structure and gene flow in evolution.

Describe mechanisms that prevent or reduce self-fertilization in plants.

Understand the concept of heterozygote advantage and its implications for allele frequencies.

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