Suppose Amy and her friend, Curtis, are orphans. They both are curious about their ancestry and decide to sequence their mitochondrial DNA and create a phylogenetic tree with other classmates. The results show that Curtis and Amy share a relatively recent common ancestor. What can you conclude about the ancestral relationship between Amy and Curtis?

Select one:
a. Curtis and Amy are distant cousins.
b. Curtis and Amy share a common paternal ancestor.
c. Curtis and Amy do not share a common ancestor.
d. Curtis and Amy share a common paternal and maternal ancestor.
e. Curtis and Amy share a common maternal ancestor.

The tasmanian devil, a marsupial carnivore, is facing extinction due to devil facial tumor disease (dftd) which causes bulging cancerous lumps and lesions to erupt around the face and neck — often causing enough deformation to make seeing or eating difficult. dftd has evolved into a contagious cancer, a trait that is unique among cancers. devil mating behavior involves biting around the head and neck, allowing cells from one individual — especially cells from the crumbly dftd tumors — to be transferred to the wounds or face of a new individual. this marsupial was once found across australia, but sea levels rose, isolating the tasmanian population, while the australian population went extinct. what would be an outcome of genetic isolation that is likely to have impacted the spread of dftd? a) reduced territory puts diseased individuals in greater contact with non-diseased ones. b) inbreeding results in less variation in facial features so the cancer is generally fatal. c) genetic isolation has made it difficult for scientists to develop a vaccine against dftd. d) the lack of genetic variation in the immune system of tasmanian devils minimizes resistance to the disease.

To store strawberries in sugar syrup, lucy placed them in a jar and covered them with sugar but did not add any water. do you think syrup will be formed? justify. a. no. since water is not added, there cannot be any syrup formation. b. no. the higher concentration of sugar on the outside will cause the water from the sugar to diffuse in the strawberry cells causing them to swell without formation of any syrup. c. yes. the higher concentration of sugar on the outside will cause the water from the strawberry to diffuse out resulting in syrup formation. d. yes. the sugar will melt over time and form the syrup.

Plz ! what does it mean for an allele to be dominant?