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question 33

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
The research team established similar lymphocyte cultures from a number of human donors, including healthy teenagers of both genders, patients already suffering from long-term bacterial infections, and elderly volunteers. They found that the increase in lymphocyte incorporation after pathogen introduction was slightly lower in some of the female teenagers and significantly lower in each of the elderly persons. They repeated the study with a larger number of samples but got the same results.
-Which of the following investigations might be most productive to show what the data on the teenagers might indicate?

• A) test male teenagers
• B) test teenagers who say they are not sexually active
• C) test female teens at different times in their menstrual cycles
• D) test relatives of the teens previously tested
• E) test teenagers from different school systems

Understand the relationship between heritability of a trait and its potential for evolutionary change.

Understand the concept of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and its assumptions.

Recognize the effects of inbreeding on genetic diversity.

Identify different evolutionary forces and their impacts on allele frequencies.

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Definitions:

P-Value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the observed results, assuming the null hypothesis is true.

Null Hypothesis

In statistics, a hypothesis that suggests no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption to be tested against experimental data.

P-Value

A statistical measure that helps scientists determine the significance of their research results, indicating the probability of observing the obtained results assuming that the null hypothesis is true.

Statistics Student

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