A particular population of chickens has a frequency for the dominant allele as 0.70 and a frequency for the recessive allele as 0.30. Which expression is the correct way to calculate the frequency of individuals that are heterozygous?

What is any method of measuring the age of an object or event in years, such as using atomic half-life?

Forensic scientists think they know the identity of a skeleton. what rule should they use to select a relative whose dna could be used to try to confirm the identity?

After a recent rainy season, a number of the communities in a western state suffered flooding and mudslides. a study commissioned by the state legislature determined that the extensive removal of a certain plant from hillsides within the state contributed significantly to the flooding and mudslides. the plant had an extensive root system that hold hillside soil in place, and it was being rapidly removed because its roots had recently gained national favor as a powerful herbal remedy. as a result, the legislature passed a statute prohibiting the removal of more than 50% of such plants from any hillside within the state. a landowner within the state challenged the statute under the takings clause of the fifth amendment, alleging that he had regularly harvested substantially more than 50% of the plants from his property and needed to do the same this year to meet the demand for the root. is he likely to prevail in his challenge?