One type of muscular dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is is an inherited condition that usually only affects boys. Muscle weakness is noticed as children begin to walk or run. Characteristic signs include walking on tiptoe and large calves. The disease occurs in one out of every 3000 newborn male children. Why is this disease limited to mostly boys?

Suppose you are estimating the size of a blue crab population. what is the population size if the number marked in the first catch is 40, the total number in the second catch is 200, and the number marked in the second catch is 50?

Considering the yellow and green pea color phenotypes studied by gregor mendel: a. what is the biochemical function of the protein that is specified by the gene responsible for the pea color phenotype? (1 point) b. a null allele of a gene is an allele that does not specify (or encode) any of the biochemical function that the gene normally provides (in other words, either no protein at all or only non-functional protein is produced from it). of the two alleles, y and y, which is more likely to be a null allele? (1 point) c. in terms of the underlying biochemistry, why is the y allele dominant to the y allele? (2 points) d. why are peas that are yy homozygotes green? (1 point) e. the amount of protein produced from a gene is roughly proportional to the number of functional copies of the gene carried by a cell or individual. what do the phenotypes of yy homozygotes, yy heterozygotes, and yy homozygotes tell us about the amount of sgr enzyme needed to produce a yellow color? explain your reasoning. (2 points)

Which of the following types of pollution is most responsible for large numbers of deaths worldwide because of unsafe drinking water? (a) nutrient pollution (b) thermal pollution (c) pathogen pollution (d) sediment pollution