Discussion:
Biology - If farmers continue to use large quantities of chemicals
1. If farmers continue to use large quantities of chemicals to control insect pests and weeds what problem (from an evolutionary perspective) are they likely to encounter?
2. In terms of gene pools, what is a major potential consequence of isolating wildlife in reserves.
3.Tay-Sachs disease, which is inherited as a Mendelian recessive, occurs in Ashkenazic Jews in one of every 3,600 births, Estimate the percentage of this population that carries the allele,
4. What is genetic drift? A herd of deer in a national park grows rapidly for several years and then experiences an epidemic disease that kills 90% of the herd. What is a probable consequence of this event?