BIOLOGY 1M03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Ancient Dna, Trilobite, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
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Random, chance events that change allele frequencies are knownas:
A. Gene flow |
B. Genetic drift |
C. Natural selection |
D. Balancing selection |
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Question 21 pts
What type of selection acts to maintain the two extremephenotypic variants in a population?
A. Disruptive selection |
B. Directional selection |
C. Positive selection |
D. Artificial selection |
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Question 31 pts
Approximately, how much of our DNA is shared with our closestrelatives, chimpanzees?
A. 100% |
B. 98.9% |
C. 88.3% |
D. 75.8% |
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Question 41 pts
The large canines of male baboons are likely the result of________, while the fact that some male baboons are very colorfulis probably the result of _______.
A. Mutation; balancing selection |
B. Gene flow; sexual dimorphism |
C. Male competition; female choice |
D. Mate choice; genetic drift |
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Question 51 pts
Negative assortative mating results in an increased frequency ofhomozygous genotypes within a population.
True |
False |
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Genetic evidence suggests that humans and Neandertals neverinterbred.
True |
False |
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The specific variant of the FOXP2 gene associated with languageacquisition in humans is found in both humans and Neandertals.
True |
False |
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Question 81 pts
Industrial melanism describes the change in moth color from paleto dark after pollution from factories resulted in coating treetrunks with a layer of dark soot. Which statement is trueconcerning industrial melanism?
A. After pollution levels increased, all moths became darkercolored because soot got on their wings |
B. The dark moths survived better after pollution levelsincreased because they were not poisoned by the pollutants |
C. Individual moths changed their color in response to thepollution |
D. Dark moths were present in the population before pollutionlevels increased |
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Question 91 pts
Patterns of evolution can be seen above the species level
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False |
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Inbreeding is problematic because it increases the probabilitythat offspring inherit two copies of a recessive mutation thatcauses disease.
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False |
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As a species, cheetahs seem to have a high risk of extinctionbecause:
A. Gene flow has caused a proliferation of unnecessarygenes. |
B. The species' genetic diversity is very low due to a previouspopulation bottleneck event. |
C. The species has undergone extreme sexual selection in orderfor males to achieve faster running speeds. |
D. Gene flow has been stifled due to an increase in demand forcaptive cheetahs. |
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Question 121 pts
A strand of DNA undergoes mutation. Which mutation occurred?
Original DNA- GGA CTC TTA CCC CAC GGA
Mutated DNA- GGG CTC TTA CCC CAC GGA
A. point mutation |
B. insertion mutation |
C. deletion mutation |
D. inversion mutation |
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Question 131 pts
A change from one nucleotide to another nucleotide is known as awhat?
A. Point mutation |
B. Insertion mutation |
C. Deletion mutation |
D. Inversion mutation |
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Question 141 pts
A change from one nucleotide to another nucleotide is known as awhat?
A. point mutation |
B. insertion mutation |
C. deletion mutation |
D. inversion mutation |
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Question 151 pts
According to the Typological Species Concept, species are:
A. An interbreeding group of organisms |
B. Static entities endowed with fixed properties |
C. A local population of organisms that have similargenes, interbreed, and produce offspring |
D. An exclusive community of gene exchange |
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Question 161 pts
Recognizing reproductive isolation is key to defining speciesunder the Biological Species Concept.
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False |
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Question 171 pts
The binomial system of classification was developed by:
A. Darwin |
B. Wallace |
C. Linnaeus |
D. Malthus |
E. None of the above |
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Question 181 pts
A derived trait, unique to a particular taxon within a givencladogram is called:
A. Synapomorphy |
B. Apomorphy |
C. Analogy |
D. Autapomorphy |
E. Symplesiomorphy |
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Question 191 pts
Analogy, and not homology, is useful for reconstructingevolutionary history.
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False |
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Question 201 pts
A phylogeny is which of the following:
A. A depiction of an organism's complete genome |
B. A depiction of evolutionary relationships betweenorganisms |
C. The gradual evolution of one species intoanother |
D. The Latin name of an organism including its genus andspecies designation |
QUESTION 3
Which of the following would NOT be a good method for sortingout the evolutionary relationships between a parrot, gorilla,hippopotamus, starfish, and catfish?
comparing the skeletal anatomy | ||
examining the habitat in which these organisms live | ||
looking at embryos for common developmental patterns | ||
comparing the nucleotide sequence divergence of selectedgenes | ||
all of the above would provide useful information |
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QUESTION 4
Which of these habitats should have the highest number ofendemic species (found there and nowhere else).
grasslands of the central United States | ||
Hawaiian islands | ||
Amazonian rainforest basin | ||
Mississippi river |
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QUESTION 5
Darwin's concept of evolution "the theory of descent withmodification through variation and natural selection" can bedemonstrated by which of the following examples?
A giraffe stretches his neck to reach higher branches. Theexercise of stretching up strengthens the muscles in the neck andlegs. This ability to stretch is also seen in the giraffe'soffspring. | ||
A monkey accidently drops her fruit in the salty water of a bay,she recovers the fruit and eats it. She discovers that the fruit iscleaner and tastes better after it has been in the salty water. Shecontinues to wash fruit in the bay before eating. Her offspring seewhat she has done and also wash their fruit in the salty water.Soon the whole population is washing their fruit | ||
Several turtles hatch from a clutch of eggs buried in the sandon a beach. One of the turtles is the color of the sand, the othersare darker in color. The turtles all scurry to the water, but oneby one the dark turtles are eaten by birds, only the sand coloredturtle survives. When it enters the water the sand color changes toa darker brown. The turtle grows, mates and has offspring that arealso sand colored when they are born | ||
A female alligator gives birth to a male alligator that has theability to change color to a bright white when it is in cold water.The baby male alligator is quickly spotted by a large bird of preyand eaten |
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QUESTION 6
During the Beagle journey, Darwin visited islands,allowing him to compare island species with continental species. Interms of framing his theory of evolution, why was thissignificant?
Because the island species had both similarities to theircontinental ancestors and unique adaptations to their islandenvironments | ||
Because the island species no longer shared traits with theircontinental ancestors | ||
Because the species he saw on the islands had not changed fromtheir ancestral continental form | ||
Because the island species had very low reproductive andsurvival rates as compared with their continental ancestors |