Question: 1. Why do we call the 5’-3’ strand of DNA in the double stranded DNA molecule the informational s…

1. Why do we call the 5’-3’ strand of DNA in the double stranded
DNA molecule the informational strand when discussing
transcription?

2. Why is antibiotic resistance a good example of directional
selection when considering the various types of selection pressures
during evolution?

3. What does a Punnett square tell us when undertaking a
Mendelian genetic cross between two breeding lines of plants?

4. Why are pink carnations pink? How do they come to be?

5. If I (O positive) were in a car accident while crossing route
1 on my way to class and needed a transfusion to survive, could
Todd (A positive) from our class give me a quart of his blood? What
about Sarah who is O negative? And please explain why to both.

6. If Mount St. Helens erupted and wiped out the entire town of
Spokane Washington, do you think this might lead to genetic drift
in the gene pool for humans here?

7. What is a founder effect?

8. What are some evidences for the Bolide Impact?

9. What conditions are optimal for an adaptive radiation to
happen much like the one that diversified mammels following the
destruction of the dinosaurs?