Bonus

This test requires constructing a contingency table whose values are the number of synonymous versus nonsynonymous substitutions and polymorphisms in the gene of interest. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this doubly-eponymous statistical test used to distinguish between positive and negative forms of natural selection by comparing variation within a species and between species.
ANSWER: McDonald–Kreitman test [prompt on MKT]
[10m] Departure from the null hypothesis of the McDonald–Kreitman test is quantified by an index named for this adjective. A theory of molecular evolution described by this adjective was developed by Motoo (“mo-TOH”) Kimura.
ANSWER: neutral [accept neutrality index; accept neutral theory of molecular evolution]
[10e] McDonald and Kreitman developed their namesake test while studying the gene that codes for alcohol dehydrogenase, which oxidizes this two-carbon alcohol produced during fermentation into acetaldehyde.
ANSWER: ethanol [or ethyl alcohol; or EtOH; or C2H6O]
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EditionsHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
11911.5890%26%0%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
ASUTAMU0101020ME
Carnegie Mellon AMichigan C001010E
Chicago BMissouri001010E
Harvard ABrown A001010E
MIT ABrandeis B0101020ME
Michigan AKenyon001010E
Michigan BCase Western B0000
Michigan DOhio State A0000
Michigan StateCase Western A001010E
Notre Dame AGeorgetown A001010E
Ohio State BCarnegie Mellon B001010E
Oxford ACambridge A0101020ME
PurdueNorthwestern A001010E
Stanford BIowa0101020ME
Texas ATexas B0101020ME
Tufts ABrandeis A001010E
UBCAlberta001010E
UW AUW B001010E
Virginia AVirginia Tech A001010E

Summary

TournamentEditionHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
Great Lakes2025-02-0166.6767%0%0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01110.00100%0%0%
Midwest2025-02-01110.00100%0%0%
Northeast2025-02-01313.33100%33%0%
Overflow2025-02-01313.33100%33%0%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01210.00100%0%0%
South Central2025-02-01220.00100%100%0%
UK2025-02-01120.00100%100%0%