Mauricio, Jayson Maverick F.

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LABORATORY EXERCISE 3
1.)
Table 1. Midsagittal Areas of the Anterior Commissures of the Brains of
Homosexual Men, Heterosexual Men and Heterosexual Women, 1992

Average Midsagittal Areas of the

Gender
Anterior Commissures (mm)
Homosexual Men 14.20
Heterosexual Men 10.61
Homosexual Women 12.03
Source: Allen and Gorski, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 89:7199-
7202.

2)
Table 2. Amount of ATP (nmoles/mg tissue) as Indicator of the Metabolic
Response of River Birch and European Birch Roots to Hypoxia, 1984

Amount of ATP Amounts of ATP

Flooded Seedling Control Seedling
(nmoles/mg (nmoles/mg
No. No.
tissue) tissue)
1 1.45 1 1.70
2 1.19 2 2.04
3 1.05 3 1.49
4 1.07 4 1.91
Source: Tripepi and Mitchell, Plant Physiology, 76:31-35.

3)

Table 3. Decrease in Serum Cholesterol Level (mg/dL) of Subjects Given

Either an Oat Diet or Bean Diet, 1984
 Mean Fall in Cholesterol
Diet of Subject Standard Deviation
Level (mg/dL)
Oat 53.6 31.1
Bean 55.5 29.4

Source: Anderson et. al, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 40:1146-1155.

4)

a) Range = Maximum Value-Minimum Value

Answer: 6.7-5.4=1.3

b) Class Width=Range/Number of Classes Desired

Answer: 1.3/5=0.26 or 0.30

c)
Table 4. Width (mm) of the Terminal Molars at the Right Side of the Upper
Jaw of Thirty-Six (36) Specimens of “Auroch” (Bos primigenius)

Width Frequency Cumulative Relative Relative Cumulative

(mm)
(no. of Frequency Frequency (%) Frequency (%)
molars)

5.4 - 6 6 16.66666667 16.66666667

5.7

5.8 - 19 25 52.77777778 69.44444444

6.1

6.2 - 10 35 27.77777778 97.22222222

6.5

6.6 - 1 36 2.777777778 100

6.9

7.0 - 0 36 0 100
7.3

Source: Museum of Natural History.

LABORATORY EXERCISE 4
1)

0
1 0 6 8 9
2 2 4 4 5 6 9
3 1 2 3 4
4 6 8 8
5 2 7
6
7 6

Figure 1. Total preening time spent (in seconds) by twenty (20) fruit fly specimens
during a six (6) minute observation period, 1968.

Source: Connolly (1968). Animal Behavior, 16:385-391.

2)

Vietnam
Thailand
Singapore
Philippines
Malaysia
Laos
Indonesia
Cambodia
Burma
Brunei

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Life Expectancy (years)

Figure 2. Estimated life expectancies at birth of ASEAN countries, 2011.

Source: CIA World Fact Book (2011)

3)
 Birds
12%
Mammals
28%

Reptiles
59%

Figure 3. Number of animal species at the Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden.
Source: The Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden

4)

Figure 4. Top three (3) preferred rice varieties of consumers in the 4 th district of Metro
Manila (CAMANAVA).
Source: CAMANAVA Consumers Survey

5)
Figure 5. Average monthly precipitation data from DOST-PAGASA.

Source: DOST-PAGASA
6)

Figure 6. Weights and heights of thirteen (13) newborn babies delivered for the month
of August at the Philippine General Hospital, 2012.
Source: Philippine General Hospital