Recessive Alleles Seem to Vanish in Some Generations and Reappear

question 36

Multiple Choice

Recessive alleles seem to vanish in some generations and reappear in later generations because they

• A) cannot be expressed in males.
• B) are masked by a dominant allele.
• C) cannot be expressed in females.
• D) cannot be expressed in successive generations.
• E) are lost by mutation.

Learn the basic steps and requirements for performing a Wilcoxon rank sum test.

Know the conditions under which nonparametric tests are preferred over parametric tests.

Comprehend how the Wilcoxon rank sum test operates with ordinal or interval but non-normally distributed data.

Understand how to interpret the results of nonparametric tests, including the Wilcoxon rank sum test.

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