The pop-up questions at the end of this level ask whether a banana is more closely related to a lemon or an onion. Why might the correct answer be surprising to many people? Explain.

Which of the following examples can cause gene flow between populations? a.an increase in predators to a population of zebra b.a volcanic eruption that kills half of a population of mice c.bird droppings that contain seeds from a different location d.a person that sprays a toxin on a group of mosquitoes

Coat color in cats is determined by genes at several different loci. at one locus on the x chromosome, one allele (x ) encodes black fur and another allele (xo) encodes orange fur. females can be black (x x ), orange (xoxo), or a mixture of orange and black called tortoiseshell (x xo). males are either black (x y) or orange (xoy). bill has a female tortoiseshell cat named patches. one night, patches escapes from bill\'s house, spends the night out, and mates with a stray male. patches later gives birth to the following kittens: one orange male, one black male, two tortoiseshell females, and one orange female. what are the genotypes of patches, the stray male, and the kittens?

When a human or animal consumes food, the carbon in that food is most likely to be converted into which of the following elements? a. carbon remains carbon b. nitrogen c. oxygen d. hydrogen