If You Go to the Refrigerator and Reach in to Take

question 25

Multiple Choice

If you go to the refrigerator and reach in to take out a drink, you will not normally fall over because of this part of the brain.

• A) pons
• B) choroid plexus
• C) cerebellum
• D) amygdala

Utilize linkage disequilibrium as a tool to investigate the genetic basis of complex traits.

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.

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