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Question 1

Fisher’s sex ratio model was put to test with a species of blue moon butterflies on the Samoan islands of Upolu and Savaii, which of the following conditions existed?

Answer 1

99% of the butterflies were female and only 1% were male

Question 2

Looking at the table above (of antibiotics/ date introduced/ date resistance observed), predict what will happen if a new antibiotic to the food poisoning bacteria Campylobacter jejuni is developed and prescribed heavily by physicians beginning in 2012

Answer 2

Campylobacter jejuni will be effectively treated for the next 2-5 years