What Data Allowed Researchers to Conclude That There Was a Significant

question 4

Multiple Choice

What data allowed researchers to conclude that there was a significant gene-environment interaction affecting larval foraging behavior in fruit flies?

• A) In the absence of food, rover and sitter genotypes behaved similarly, while in the presence of food, they behaved differently.
• B) Rover and sitter genotypes are maintained in the population by frequency-dependent selection.
• C) Rover and sitter genotypes are maintained in the population by density-dependent selection.
• D) The behavior of larval rovers differed from that of adult sitters.
• E) The behavior of larval sitters differed from that of adult rovers.

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A threshold in hypothesis testing that determines the boundary between accepting or rejecting the null hypothesis.

Analytical Comparison

A process of examining similarities and differences between two or more items or data sets, often to understand their nature or determine key factors.

Analytical Comparisons

The examination and evaluation of differences and relationships between data groups through statistical methods.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect exists within the data set being analyzed.