Step 8
One week later Beirt returns to your office. You have not sent her the results yet, but she is leaning towards choosing for Duine already. Because of that she asks you to perform two to three extra calculations.
Beirt lives close to the equator of Zork in a rather moist area. Even though the climate is okay for most of the year, during summer the heat leads to air saturated with water.
The subspecies of Zokkies that evolved at the equator in the jungle has adapted in several ways to their environment.
Some are able to rapidly create additional sweat glands, combatting the saturation with additional sweat production and evaporation. This trait is coded for by allele Se. Allele Sl codes for a slow speed of sweat gland production. Intermediate phenotypes are known to be prevalent in temperate climates.
Another adaptation is the ability to slow down the production of metabolic hormone or MH during summer, allowing Zokkies to consume less lipids and transform less energy into heat. This adaptation is enabled for carriers of the Xm- allele. Normal metabolic activity is coded for by XM.
Beirt has a regular speed of sweat gland production, which makes her life miserable sometimes. She is lucky with her ability to adapt to the climate metabolically, though.
Duine is well suited for living in temperate environments: Not only does he show an intermediate phenotype for the sweat gland production, he is also has regular metabolic activity.
Triur's family has roots in the same region Beirt lives in. They can all rapidly produce additional sweat glands; Triur also has the ability to slow down his metabolic speed.
Beirt asks to know how many of their offspring would be able to survive around the equator, where she is currently planning to settle after all of this. For this, they should phenotypically show both welcome adaptations.
Use the form in source 2 to perform the two dihybrid crosses. Use a clutch size of 120 eggs for your calculations.
After a week, you send the results of your calculations to Beirt.
Beirt lives close to the equator of Zork in a rather moist area. Even though the climate is okay for most of the year, during summer the heat leads to air saturated with water.
The subspecies of Zokkies that evolved at the equator in the jungle has adapted in several ways to their environment.
Some are able to rapidly create additional sweat glands, combatting the saturation with additional sweat production and evaporation. This trait is coded for by allele Se. Allele Sl codes for a slow speed of sweat gland production. Intermediate phenotypes are known to be prevalent in temperate climates.
Another adaptation is the ability to slow down the production of metabolic hormone or MH during summer, allowing Zokkies to consume less lipids and transform less energy into heat. This adaptation is enabled for carriers of the Xm- allele. Normal metabolic activity is coded for by XM.
Beirt has a regular speed of sweat gland production, which makes her life miserable sometimes. She is lucky with her ability to adapt to the climate metabolically, though.
Duine is well suited for living in temperate environments: Not only does he show an intermediate phenotype for the sweat gland production, he is also has regular metabolic activity.
Triur's family has roots in the same region Beirt lives in. They can all rapidly produce additional sweat glands; Triur also has the ability to slow down his metabolic speed.
Beirt asks to know how many of their offspring would be able to survive around the equator, where she is currently planning to settle after all of this. For this, they should phenotypically show both welcome adaptations.
Use the form in source 2 to perform the two dihybrid crosses. Use a clutch size of 120 eggs for your calculations.
After a week, you send the results of your calculations to Beirt.