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Q1: Calculate the frequency of each of the following wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation:
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632.8 nm
503 nm
0.052 nm
Q2: Calculate the wavelength of each of the following frequencies of electromagnetic radiation:
104.3 MHz
1035 kHz
835.6 MHz
A: When solving these types of problems, it is important to remember that wavelength and frequency are inversely proportional. This means [...]
Q: List the types of electromagnetic radiation in order of increasing wavelength, increasing energy per photon, and increasing frequency.
A: When categorizing electromagnetic radiation, it is important to remember the following trends:
Lower energy means a longer wavelength and lower frequency.
Higher energy means a shorter wavelength and higher frequency.
Visible light is approximately in the middle of the [...]
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Q: The distance from the sun to Earth is km. How long does it take light to travel from the sun to Earth?
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Introduction to Natural Selection
Natural selection posits that only a certain percentage of offspring born will survive to reproduce another generation. Individuals with certain genotypes will be more likely to survive, mate, and reproduce their genotypes in subsequent generations. Thus, natural selection acts upon individuals, whereas evolution occurs at the level of a population. There are [...]
Altering Existing Genetic Variation
Genetic Drift
Genetic drift is a change in in genetic variation due to chance changes in allele frequencies. For example, genetic drift may occur as a matter of luck; one phenotype may simply never meet a member of the opposite sex in order to mate and produce offspring. Genetic drift is not affected [...]
Population geneticists primarily study allele and genotype frequencies. They use quantitative methods to analyze the frequency of alleles. For example, a population geneticist may study the frequency of certain patterns on the fur of wild cats, then will revisit the same population several generations later to find how the frequency of patterns has changed from [...]
Species- a natural group that shares a distinct form
Population- a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same environment and can interbreed with each other
Gene pool- all the genes and all the alleles of those genes that exist in a population
Phenotype- the observable product of an individual’s genes; the expression of [...]
NASA – NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Discovers its First Five Exoplanets .
If the Kepler spacecraft could discover 5 new planets after just 6 weeks on the job, imagine what else it may find during its tenure until 2012!
Onset & Symptoms:
Personality changes
Forgetfulness
Involuntary movements
Begins in middle adulthood
Progresses over 15-20 years
Leads to loss of motor control and intellectual function
Treatments:
Nothing known to slow or stop the decline
Prevalence:
1 in 20,000 people
Famous People with the Disease:
Woody Guthrie
Heritability & Environmental Factors:
Caused by a dominant allele
Individuals with Huntington’s Disease have one dominant Huntington’s allele and one normal allele. It is [...]