What percentage of female African elephants normally have tusks?

Exploring Tusklessness in African Elephants

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Olivia Brooks
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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More than 90%
About 50%
Around 75%
Less than 10%
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Why are tuskless females more common in areas with a history of poaching?
Tuskless elephants are more aggressive
Elephants voluntarily shed their tusks
Natural selection favors tusklessness
It is a random genetic mutation
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What are elephant tusks modified from?
Teeth
Bones
Cartilage
Horns
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Approximately how many genes are involved in human tooth development?
Around 500
Less than 100
Over 1000
About 300
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main purpose of sequencing elephant DNA?
To find genetic differences related to tusk development
To increase elephant population
To create genetically modified elephants
To study elephant behavior
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does finding genes involved in tooth development in elephants suggest?
A link to tusk development
No relation to tusks
Elephants will evolve to have more teeth
Elephants are related to humans
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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How does the prevalence of tuskless genes change due to poaching?
It decreases
It increases
It remains the same
It fluctuates unpredictably
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