CBSE Class 10 Answered
If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60%of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?
Asked by shreesai.sai1 | 23 Jan, 2016, 09:49: PM
Expert Answer
- Asexual reproduction results in offspring which are just the identical copies of the parent.
- Organisms reproducing by asexual reproduction exhibit very less number of variations due to environmental changes or mutations.
- In such species, a trait may come into existence due to sudden mutation induced by environmental factors.
- The newly induced trait is then inherited by the future generations through replication over a period of time.
- Therefore, if a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, trait B is likely to have arisen earlier because this trait has been replicating and existing in a higher percentage of the population as compared to trait A.
- If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species, then it is more likely that this trait has arisen recently.
Answered by Sheetal Kolte | 25 Jan, 2016, 10:44: AM
Application Videos
Concept Videos
CBSE 10 - Biology
Asked by vramesh.kumar1804 | 09 Jan, 2024, 10:34: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Asked by navinkumar785790 | 17 Jun, 2023, 10:33: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Asked by paresh0311 | 20 Mar, 2023, 02:52: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Asked by Venkata Raman | 06 Feb, 2023, 06:59: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Asked by swetalinasamantaray022 | 29 Dec, 2022, 01:27: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Asked by nitusinghparihar309 | 26 Dec, 2022, 09:32: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Asked by blessybhatia09 | 17 Apr, 2022, 10:47: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Asked by srestasingh7 | 26 Dec, 2021, 10:36: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT