Populations evolve for many reasons. suppose there is a population of plants that have either purple flowers or white flowers, and the allele for purple flowers is dominant. this means that plants with two purple alleles have purple flowers. plants with one purple allele and one white allele also have purple flowers. only plants with two white alleles have white flowers. for each event or condition described below, answer the following questions. a. which mechanism of evolution is at work? b. how does this event affect the population's gene pool? c. do the frequencies of the two alleles change, and if so, how?

4.06 hc)a five-year review of threats to the southern resident orca population of the united states concluded that the top threats were prey availability, contaminants, and effects from recreational and whale watching vessels. further down the list are oil spills, disease, and effects from commercial vessels not targeting whales. how might this list be different if it were for transient whale populations, which have a larger average population size and live farther offshore in open waters? a)the transient population is more likely to be affected by contaminants. b)the transient population is less likely to be affected by whale watching vessels. c)the transient population is more likely to be affected by disease. d)the transient population is less likely to be affected by prey availability.

Which statement about inheritance is true? o girls get most of their traits from their moms, boys get most of their traits from their dads. o male offspring will always have an x-linked genetic disease if the mom is a carrier o fathers always determine the gender of the offspring in humans. o males never have y chromosomes.

In addition to seeds, which of the following characteristics are unique to the seed-producing plants? a) sporopollenin b) lignin present in cell walls c) pollen d) use of air currents as a dispersal agent e) megaphylls