Scientific progress requires that we clearly define the question we wish to answer. A clear, sharp definition of a scientific question is often the most difficult step in the process of discovery. Which of the following is the most accurate and complete description of the specific scientific question or problem we will address in this course?

a.
Humans have no individually unique properties; however, the specific combination of properties we have is not seen in other animals and these properties evolved very rapidly after our divergence from the other apes.

b.
Humans have specific objectively measurable properties no other animals have and we acquired these properties over a short evolutionary time period when other ape lineages were changing relatively little.

c.
Humans have no individually unique properties; however, the specific combination of properties we have is not seen in other animals and these properties evolved very slowly after our divergence of the other apes.

d.
Humans have objectively measurable properties no other animals have and we acquired these properties over a long period of slow change after our lineage's divergence from other ape lineages.

2. in dragons, a gene on chromosome 1 codes for wing color and a gene on chromosome 2 codes for body color. draw out the stages of meiosis for these two chromosomes from a dragon that is heterozygous for both traits. define your alleles. what are all the possible allele combinations of the gametes produced?

The accompanying figure shows the percent of selected dna sequences that match between a chimpanzee and other primates. these data support the hypothesis that the figure shows the percentage of selected d n a sequences that match between the chimpanzee and other primates. the human has an almost 98 percent match, the gorilla has an almost 97 percent match, the orangutan has a 96 percent match, the gibbon has an almost 95 percent match, and the old world monkey has an almost 92 percent match. the accompanying figure shows the percent of selected dna sequences that match between a chimpanzee and other primates. these data support the hypothesis that the figure shows the percentage of selected d n a sequences that match between the chimpanzee and other primates. the human has an almost 98 percent match, the gorilla has an almost 97 percent match, the orangutan has a 96 percent match, the gibbon has an almost 95 percent match, and the old world monkey has an almost 92 percent match. chimpanzees and gibbons are the most closely related the chimpanzee's closest surviving relative is humans orangutans are the primates least closely related to chimpanzees old world monkeys and gibbons are the most closely related

In sweet pea, gene c is responsible for color production and gene p is responsible for the purple color pigment. both of them are located on two different loci on different chromosomes. the flowers will be purple only when the plant has the genotypes as c_p_. no color will be produced with genotypes: ccpp, ccpp, ccpp, ccpp. thus, gene c controls the expression of gene p. what pattern of inheritance is exhibited here? a. pleiotropy b. epistasis c. multiple alleles