BIO 105QR Study Guide - Final Guide: Diversity Index, Exponential Growth, Survivorship Curve

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Calculate b, d, and r for this population: you have a population of crickets. 1 month, assuming these limits to their reproduction: you are studying the reproduction rate of a specific species of fish in the chippewa river. Determine how many individuals you will have in your population at the end of your experiment (1 month): duckweeds are small free floating, freshwater plants. Assuming exponential growth, how many duckweed plants will you expect to find at the end of the current season: oh no- the next season a new algae species arrives in your lake. How many individuals will be in this population after 1 reproduction cycle now: you are evaluating a population that currently consists of 5,500 individuals. How many individuals will be in this population after 1 reproduction cycle now: you are studying the ecological diversity of two forests.

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1. Life expectancies differ across populations. Life expectancy at birth in the U.S. is currently around 78 years (76 for males; 81 for females). Consider a population in which life expectancy at birth is 50. Given what you know about life history theory, discuss how this population would differ from the U.S. across the following life history characteristics: age at first marriage, age at first reproduction, total fertility (number of children born per female), length of time spent in school, and money spent on education. Be sure to support your predictions using life history theory.

2. The following data on interbirth interval (time between births), child survivorship, and percent of children married were collected to evaluate reproductive decisions within a population. Assuming a woman of this population has a 20-year reproductive span (maximum time available from first to last birth), use these data to 1) calculate the maximum number of live births a woman could have, and 2) determine the number of births that will lead to the highest fitness (surviving children who marry) if we assume that all married children will have the same number of offspring. To receive credit, you must show your work. Lastly, what are the implications of your results?

% child %

IBI (months) Survivorship ever married

12	0.6	0.4
15	0.64	0.47
18	0.68	0.54
21	0.72	0.61
24	0.76	0.68
27	0.8	0.75
30	0.84	0.82
33	0.88	0.89
36	0.88	0.96
39	0.89	0.96
42	0.9	0.96
45	0.91	0.96
48	0.92	0.96
51	0.93	0.96
54	0.94	0.96
57	0.95	0.96
60	0.96	0.96

In cockroaches wing length is determined by 2 alleles for a single gene (locus) and 3 distinct phenotypes are identifiable: short wings, medium length wings and long wings. Genetic crosses demonstrates that the medium wing length is produced in the heterzygote. (assume short is the p allele)

a) A sample of 800 roaches is collected from an apartment block and the wing lengths are measured. The researcher finds 269 roaches with long wings, 390 with medium length wings and 141 individuals with short wings. Calculate the phenotypic frequencies.

b) Using the phenotypic frequencies from a) calculate the frequency of each allele.

c) Calculate the gene frequencies of p (short wings) and q (long wings) from the actual numbers of each phenotype. How do these values compare wit those in b).

d) In an adjacent building the researcher collects a sample of 1369 roaches. Calculate the genotypic and phenotypic frequencies you would expect in this population. How many individuals would have long wings? What assumptions do you make in in performing this calculation?

e) The original sample of 800 individuals is taken back to the lab and allowed to reproduce under ideal conditions. In 6 months the population grows to 26,820. How many offspring will have medium length wings?

f) What assumptions do you make in doing the calculation in e)?

g) What type of growth does this represent? Calculate the rate growth r per month for this roach population.

1. If an individual has a genotype of Bb, what types of gametes (sperm/egg) could they produce?
A) B
B) b
C) B or b
D) Bb, BB, bb
E) Bb

2. Which of the following statements is true about phenotypic plasticity, i.e., phenotype variation that is the result of genotype by environment interactions?
A. Phenotypic plasticity is only favored when the parental environment is a good predictor of the offspring environment
B. Since the trait expression of a genotype varies across environments, it cannot respond to selection
C. A variable environment is required for phenotypic plasticity to be selected for
D. A single trait can only ever be plastic or non-plastic within a species
E. Phenotypic plasticity can only occur within a single generation, never across generations

3. With large numbers of genes contributing to variation for a phenotypic trait (e.g. height in humans), the population approaches what kind of distribution for that trait?
A. Mendelian
B. Exponential
C. Binomial
D. Normal
E. Continuous

4. A classic example of phenotypic plasticity is caste determination in social insects. Whether a female ant becomes a worker, soldier, or queen is determined by the food she is fed. Would you say this this an example of G, E, or GxE?

5. In an infinite population, the frequency of the A allele is 0.3 and the frequency of the a allele is 0.7. What is the frequency of heterozygotes?
A. .10
B. .21
C. .30
D. .42
E. .70

6. Blue eyes are a recessive trait caused by an autosomal allele. If there are 180 people with blue eyes in a population of 500 people, what is the frequency of the brown-eye allele? (Assume HWE)
A. .36
B. .40
C. .50
D. .60
E. .64

7. Imagine flower color in diploid roses is determined by a single gene with two alleles, white and red, which are co-dominant so that heterozygotes are pink. Frank is colorblind and can only discriminate between white and colored roses, and knows that his population has 18 white roses and 182 non-white roses. How many of Frankâs roses are pink? (Assume HWE.)
A. 18
B. 21
C. 42
D. 84
âE. 100

8. Imagine flower color in diploid roses is determined by a single gene with two alleles, white and red, which are co-dominant. If Eva's population has 250 white roses, 500 pink roses, and 250 red roses, what is true about this population?

A. It is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
B. It is under balancing selection
C. It is connected to another population by migration
D. It is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
ââE. White is a recessive lethal

9. 9% of a population is unable to taste the compound PTC, which is a recessive trait. Assuming HWE, if two carriers of the non-tasting allele had a baby what is the probability that it would be unable to taste PTC?
A. 0.09
B. 0.25
C. 0.30
D. 0.50
E. 0.70

10. (Adapted from: Christensen, A. C. (2000). Cats as an aid to teaching genetics. Genetics, 155(3), 999-1004.) ss cats have no white fur, Ss cats generally have <50% white fur, and SS cats generally have >50% white fur (cats who are 100% white are scored as dominant white and can't be scored for piebald spotting). The S allele is incompletely dominant, but variably expressed, so there is a more-or-less continuous gradient of white pigmentation in populations. You and your friends score all non-white cats up for adoption: http://www.adoptapet.com/cat-adoption/search/50/miles/48824 and find there are 160 with >50% white fur, 350 with <50% white fur, and 490 with no white fur. Which of the following statements is definitely true:

A. The population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
B. The population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
C. There is selection acting on the population
D. It is impossible to know if the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
E. Fur color is not a heritable trait and therefore cannot evolve

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