Hunting reduced Northern elepnat seals population size to as…

Hunting reduced Northern elepnat seals population size to as few as 20 individuals at the end of the 19th century. Their population has since rebounded to over 30,000—but they have much less genetic variation than a population of southern elephant seals that was not so intensely hunted. This is an example of  

In Cape population of South Africa, a Chinese immigrant know…

In Cape population of South Africa, a Chinese immigrant known as Arnold had a very rare dominant mutation that causes teeth to fall out before age 20. Arnold had seven wives and of his 356 living descendants, 70 have the dental disorder.  1. Is this a case of random or non-dam mating? 2. If the children with the dental disorder have preference than normal children for marriage, predict what would be the allele frequency of this dental disorder few generations down the road? (i.e. will it increase or decrease ?)

Incomplete dominance describes an allele combination in whic…

Incomplete dominance describes an allele combination in which the heterozygous phenotype is intermediate between those of the two homozygotes (for example, pink flowers are intermediate between red flowers and white flowers). The dominant allele does not completely mask the recessive allele.