You Have Spent Time Working with a Population of Beetles

question 84

Multiple Choice

You have spent time working with a population of beetles. Males range in size from 2-6 cm in length. You realize that the females only mate with males that measure less than 3 cm long. If you measured allele frequencies at a single locus that contributes to overall length, would you expect this population to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium from one generation to the next?

• A)yes
• B)no

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Cause-and-Effect

A relationship where one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect).

Control Group

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The group in an experiment that receives the treatment or condition being tested, as opposed to the control group which does not.