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The term that is used to describe the severity or extent of a phenotype in an individual is called expressivity

Farmers have cultivated numerous popular crops, as shown in the figure, from the wild mustard, by_______________for certain attributes.

A geneticist crosses a plant with red flowers to a plant with white flowers. The offspring include plants with red flowers (1/4), pink flowers (1/2), and white flowers (1/4). Which allele is dominant?

Population databases are necessary to interpret DNA fingerprints because alleles occur with different frequencies in different populations.

A bell curve describes the distribution of phenotypic classes of a polygenic trait.

Which of the following proteins affects body weight?

The figure below illustrates ______ in plants.

Which of the following is exemplified by a pea tendril contacting a string or wire and coiling around it for support?

You trim two different houseplants. The first houseplant becomes bushier, but the pruning does not affect the growth of the second plant. A possible explanation is ______.

Several tomato plants are growing in a small garden plot. If soil water potential were to drop significantly on a hot summer afternoon, which of the following would most likely occur?