You discover a gene for the production of fur in mammals. you examine the gene regulation in the genomes of monkey, bear, zebrafish, wolf, and snake, and all of the genomes have an orthologous gene. what does analysis of the orthologous gene tell you about the function of the gene controlling the trait

In iceland, the mid atlantic ridge runs through the center of the contry. what can you conclude about the apperence of iceland many thousands of years from now?

To answer this question, researchers studied populations of the dusky salamander (desmognathus ochrophaeus) living on different mountain ranges in the southern appalachian mountains. the researchers tested the reproductive isolation of pairs of salamander populations by leaving one male and one female together and later checking the females for the presence of sperm. four mating combinations were tested for each pair of populations (a and b)—two within the same population (female a with male a and female b with male b) and two between populations (female a with male b and female b with male a). the proportion of successful matings for each mating combination was measured. for example, when all the matings of a particular combination were successful, the researchers gave it a value of 1; when none of the matings were successful, they gave it a value of 0. then the researchers calculated an index of reproductive isolation that ranged from 0 (no isolation) to 2 (full isolation). the reproductive isolation value for two populations is the sum of the proportion of successful matings of each type within populations (aa + bb) minus the sum of the proportion of successful matings of each type between populations (ab + ba). the table provides data for the geographic distances and reproductive isolation values for 27 pairs of dusky salamander populations.

Antoine manages a number of apartment buildings that use natural gas for heating, cooking, and laundry. the scatter plot shows the correlation between the outside air temperature and antoine's natural gas bill. which type of correlation does the plot illustrate?