Refer to the Figure

question 64

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure.
The figure depicts the results of a study of the attempted genetic rescue of the Florida panther by importing eight females from a Texas population. How did the hybridization of these two subspecies affect the occurrence of the three measured genetic defects?

• A) All defects increased significantly after hybridization.
• B) All defects decreased significantly after hybridization.
• C) All defects decreased, but decreases were too small to be significant.
• D) Testicular retention and kinked tail decreased, but heart problems remained about the same.

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Definitions:

Recitation

An educational practice where students orally present learned material before a teacher or a class, often used for memorization and practice.

Intervening Material

Information or stimuli presented between the initial learning phase and the recall phase in memory experiments, often used to study the processes of interference and forgetting.

Increase In Forgetting

A rise in the inability to recall or recognize information that was once stored in the memory.

Motivated Forgetting

The subconscious or conscious act of pushing unpleasant thoughts, memories, or feelings out of conscious awareness.