If You Were to Discover a Mutation in Sea Urchins

question 93

Multiple Choice

If you were to discover a mutation in sea urchins that caused them to produce eggs with an overly dense vitelline envelope, what would you expect to see if you fertilized these eggs with normal sperm?

• A) Polyspermy
• B) A thicker zona pellucid than normal
• C) The formation of multiple identical quadruplets from the fertilized egg
• D) A failure of normal sperm to fertilize these eggs
• E) All of the above

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Definitions:

Reservation Policy

A policy regarding the designation of specific territories exclusively for Native American tribes, often associated with forced relocations and cultural disruption.

Assimilation

The process by which individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society.

Indian Appropriations Bill

A series of laws passed by the U.S. Congress that allocated federal funds for the relocation and management of Native American tribes.

Dawes Severalty Act

A 19th-century U.S. law that aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by distributing land to individuals rather than tribes.