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#34.From the 1700s to the early 1950s there was an unusually high percentage of deaf people on the island of Martha’s Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts, USA.Deafness was a recessive hereditary trait, and there was a very small population of people living on the island. This meant that almost everyone had both deaf and hearing siblings. In the mid-1850s, the frequency of deaf people on the island was well over 30% higher than the U.S. national average.

The high frequency of deaf individuals on the island of Martha’s Vineyard is best explained by

Select one:
a. non-random mating
b. founder effect
c. genetic drift
d. bottleneck effect
#35.A catastrophe such as the eruption of a super volcano or a major asteroid impact could cause globally widespread deaths of all types of organisms.

This factor that could cause the diversity in the gene pool on Earth to change is called
Select one:
a. bottleneck effect
b. natural selection
c. genetic drift
d. founder effect
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Aliya1 Author
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6 years ago
i guessed d and c for 34 and 35. lol  Face with Tears of Joy
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6 years ago
Quote from: Aliya1 (6 years ago)
i guessed d and c for 34 and 35. lol  Face with Tears of Joy

Why guess, just research it Slight Smile
Aliya1 Author
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6 years ago
i tired, but nothing came up. And then i just guessed them after posting the questions here
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4 years ago Edited: 4 years ago, jasreyes32
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