Living things share many basic characteristics and needs. One characteristic is the need to maintain the internal conditions of their bodies, even if outside conditions change. Maintaining involves controlling the balance of water and minerals in the body, responding to changes in the environment, and controlling metabolism. homeostasis

cellular organization

heredity

metabolism

Suppose that on a small island off the coast of scotland, 32 percent of the population has blue eyes, which means that these individuals must be homozygous for the blue eye color gene (bb). the only other eye color found on the island is brown, and individuals that are homozygous for the brown eye color gene (bb) or heterozygous (bb) will have brown eyes because brown is the dominant gene. assume this population is in hardy-weinberg equilibrium. if 100 babies are born next year, how many of these would you expect to have brown eyes and be heterozygous? a. 58 b. 49 c. 29 d. 43