The ancestral finch founded a new population on one of the Hawaiian Islands. Due to the , allele frequencies of the first small population on one of the islands could have differed from their continental goldfinch-like ancestors. The process of
resulted in adaptation and
of the island population into a new
over time. Some of the birds crossed to some of the other islands where they were
and evolved into more species occupying different niches.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a serious condition caused by a recessive allele of a gene on the human x chromosome. the patients have muscles that weaken over time because they have absent or decreased dystrophin, a muscle protein. they rarely live past their twenties. how likely is it for a woman to have this condition? a) women can never have this condition.b) one-fourth of the daughters of an affected man would have this condition.c) one-half of the daughters of an affected father and a carrier mother could have this condition.d) only if a woman is xxx could she have this condition.

Tides that occur during the new and full moons

Residential construction is expanding in florida, the expansion has caused fragmentation of habitats, one of the results of the increased construction is a decrease in the number of large predators such as the coyote, black bear and pool panther, which will be the most immediate local result of this fragmentation? 1)large predators will become extinct 2)decrease in middle sized predators 3)increase in population of top carnivores 4)increase in population of prey species