Tay sachs disease is a metabolic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive. Individuals who are homozygous for the Tay-sachs allele die in infancy or early childhood. Carriers are healthy although they show some biochemical abnormalities. A couple who are both carriers of the Tay-sachs allele are planning to start a family. What is the probability that their first child will have Tay-sachs disease?

What evidence did mendel find that supported his law of independent assortment? a. dominant traits are expressed when there is a dominant allele. b. traits do not affect the inheritance of other traits. c. some traits have three or four different alleles. d. plants and animals can both reproduce sexually.

Tara sees a commercial for a brand of pills that promise to boost energy and people perform better in work and school. as people in the commercial talk about how much better they feel when taking the pill, tara notices a message on the bottom of the screen that reads, "this pill is not approved by doctors and has not been tested in controlled experiments." what is the best conclusion that tara should make about the commercial? it is making scientific claims based on subjective observations. it is making scientific claims based on opinions instead of pseudoscientific facts. it is making pseudoscientific claims based on objective observations. it is making pseudoscientific claims based on opinions instead of scientific facts.

Which of the following describes a boom period? a. as one population increases, another population decreases. b. as one population increases, the other population also increases. c. as one population decreases, another population increases. d. as one population decreases, another population also decreases