A Trout Hatchery Had More 4 Year-Old Fish Than They

question 51

Essay

A trout hatchery had more 4 year-old fish than they could use one year, so they held about 1000 of them over until the next year. The hatchery routinely moved fish from one pond to the next each year and 10,000 three-year old fish were placed in the pond with the leftover four-year old fish. When the fish were finally taken out of the pond for releasing into streams, what would the distribution of the weights of the released fish look like? Describe the
distribution as well as you can and draw a picture.

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Definitions:

Genomic Library

A collection of the total genomic DNA from a single organism. The DNA is stored in a population of identical vectors, each containing a different insert of DNA.

Antibiotic-Resistant

Describes bacteria that have evolved the ability to survive exposure to antibiotics, making infections harder to treat.

Genome

Originally, all the genetic material in a cell or individual organism. The term is used in more than one way depending on context (e.g., an organism’s haploid genome is all the DNA contained in one haploid set of its chromosomes, and its mitochondrial genome is all the DNA in a mitochondrion). See Human Genome.

Chromosomal DNA

Chromosomal DNA is the DNA that constitutes the chromosomes of a cell, encoding most of the genetic information needed for the organism's development, functioning, and reproduction.