1. Evolutionary process and genetic
variation:
a) Explain to the general public how genetic variability occurs
in domesticated organisms, and why mutation is an essential
component that allows for production of new agricultural
varieties.
b) Explain the following statement to a college science
freshman: “The genetic variation on which natural selection acts
may occur randomly, but natural selection is not random at
all.”
c) Describe two situations where mutations are random, and two
situations where the mutations are not random. ...