individual and group dynamics

A random survey of 80 individuals caught for drunk driving from each of the various age groups yielded the results as shown in the table. At level of significance α = 0.05, find the chi-square test value and test the claim that the proportions of those who admitted to the ..

Individuals living in the same area are referred as local populations. They all experience similar ecological processess at a particular stage of the life cycle. Similar populations of a species occupying different geographical areas are called sister populations. Population is a dyn..

Speciation is the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise. A new species will be a group of individuals distinguished from the original one because by nature only interbreeding takes place amongst their own specie..

, a German Biochemist, discovered the ABO blood grouping. ABO blood groups are determined by the gene I (for Isoagglutinin). There are 3 alleles, I A , I B and I o of this gene. Proteins produced by the I A and I B alleles are known as A and B antigens respectively. In..

Here one or more outgrowths of reproductive units called buds are formed on the parental body. Each bud consists of a small group of cells surrounded by the epithelium. A bud develops as a small outgrowth on the parents body. Each bud enlarges, develops the characteristics of the parent o..

Animal Diversity - Among the members of the animal kingdom, about 95% do not posses a backbone (or vertebral column) and hence are described as invertebrates. The remaining animals represent a group called chordates, which posses a solid supporting structure on the dorsal side of the body..

Living organisms do not survive indefinitely. Every organism dies after attaining a certain age or due to predation, disease, accident or other factors. The reduction in the number of individuals of a population as a result of death, is restored by the addition of new individuals..

It is the subdivision of available geographic space temporarily or permanently into smaller domains called territories, each territory being occupied by specific individuals. An area over which several members or breeding groups of a species roam about during search of food, wat..

Bio-patent - Patenting was considered exclusively in industrial domain. Inventions, production processes were patented since long. But recently patenting is extended to biological field too. Bio-patent is the result of TRIPS (Trade related intellectual property right) as a part of WTO agreement sig..