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The fastest lions are able to catch prey,such as zebras; similarly,the fastest zebras are able to escape predatory lions.Over time,the lion and zebra populations become composed of faster and faster individuals.This is an example of ____.


A) mutualism
B) competition
C) coevolution
D) disruptive selection
E) sexual selection

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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For each statement, select the best choice that represents the description given. -bacterial populations evolve resistance to antibiotics via new traits that arise by mutation


A) character
B) Clade
C) cladistics
D) microevolution
E) dimorphism
F) phylogeny
G) balanced polymorphism
H) cladogram
I) fixed allele

J) A) and D)
K) G) and H)

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Match the evolutionary concepts correctly with the correct description or example.Some choices may be used more than once. -Animals that have too few offspring risk that all of them will be lost to predators,and therefore,their genes will not be passed onto the next generation.Animals with too many offspring may not be able to take care of all of them.Therefore,most animals have an intermediate number of offspring.


A) reproductive isolation
B) sexual selection
C) directional selection
D) disruptive selection
E) genetic drift
F) founder effect
G) gene flow
H) stabilizing selection

I) A) and C)
J) E) and H)

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For each statement, select the best choice that represents the description given. -the grouping of species on the basis of shared characteristics


A) character
B) Clade
C) cladistics
D) microevolution
E) dimorphism
F) phylogeny
G) balanced polymorphism
H) cladogram
I) fixed allele

J) A) and C)
K) B) and G)

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Match the evolutionary concepts correctly with the correct description or example.Some choices may be used more than once. -Homozygous dominant black mice are camouflaged by dark rocks and homozygous recessive light-colored mice are camouflaged by light colored rocks.Heterozygous grey mice have no camouflage and are easily picked off and eaten by hawks.


A) reproductive isolation
B) sexual selection
C) directional selection
D) disruptive selection
E) genetic drift
F) founder effect
G) gene flow
H) stabilizing selection

I) A) and G)
J) A) and B)

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  -directional selection - the form of a trait at one end of a range of variation is adaptive. -directional selection - the form of a trait at one end of a range of variation is adaptive.

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For each statement, select the genetic evolutionary concept that best represents the description. -Refers to an allele for which all members of a population are homozygous.


A) genetic drift
B) inbreeding
C) bottleneck
D) founder effect
E) fixed
F) gene flow

G) A) and F)
H) B) and C)

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For each statement, select the best choice that represents the description given. -a quantifiable,heritable characteristic


A) character
B) Clade
C) cladistics
D) microevolution
E) dimorphism
F) phylogeny
G) balanced polymorphism
H) cladogram
I) fixed allele

J) A) and B)
K) F) and H)

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  -stabilizing selection - extreme forms of a trait are eliminated,and an intermediate form is adaptive. -stabilizing selection - extreme forms of a trait are eliminated,and an intermediate form is adaptive.

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Exposure of wild rat populations to warfarin led to the evolution of warfarin-resistant rats.These rats had a mutated version of the VKORC1 gene,indicating that ____ had occurred in these resistant rat populations.


A) extinction
B) stabilizing selection
C) microevolution
D) macroevolution
E) artificial selection

F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

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_____ are hot spots for the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their spread to humans due to excessive use of antibiotics.


A) Hospitals
B) Laboratories
C) FarmsΒ 
D) Doctor's offices
E) Landfills

F) None of the above
G) All of the above

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Puppies born too large experience difficulties during birthing and tend to have respiratory and other problems.Puppies born too small often can't compete with their siblings for their mother's milk.Thus,puppies of intermediate size have a survival advantage.This is an example of ____ selection.


A) directional
B) stabilizing
C) disruptive
D) frequency
E) allelic

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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The increased variability in the frequency of the b+ allele in the smaller flour beetle population in the graph above is an example of ____.


A) genetic drift
B) gene flow
C) the founder effect
D) a fixed allele
E) a dimorphic trait

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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____ increases the frequency of adaptive mutations in a population over time.


A) Fitness
B) Natural selection
C) Artificial selection
D) Adaptive radiation
E) Macroevolution

F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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With ____ selection,the frequency of a favored allele will increase as a phenotypic variation becomes more adaptive.


A) directional
B) stabilizing
C) disruptive
D) frequent
E) mutational

F) A) and C)
G) None of the above

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What is one result of the bottleneck effect? Β 


A) balanced alleles
B) heterozygosity
C) decreased genetic diversity
D) disruptive selection
E) random mating

F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

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The appearance of lungs was a(n) ____ that drove the evolution of land vertebrates.


A) key innovation
B) fixed trait
C) inbred trait
D) clade
E) stabilizing allele

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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A small Dutch population settled in South Africa in the 17th century and became known as Afrikaners.By chance,a few Dutch settlers carried the gene for Huntington's disease.Today,Huntington's disease occurs at a relatively high frequency in this population.This is an example of ____.


A) the bottleneck effect
B) the founder effect
C) gene flow
D) artificial selection
E) natural selection

F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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In Lake Victoria,hundreds of cichlid fish species arose after the lake last dried up 12,400 years ago.This is an example of ____.


A) sympatric speciation
B) the founder effect
C) gene flow
D) genetic drift
E) allopatric speciation

F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

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For each statement, select the best choice that represents the description given. -illustrated by the persistence of the sickle cell allele in areas with high rates of malaria


A) character
B) Clade
C) cladistics
D) microevolution
E) dimorphism
F) phylogeny
G) balanced polymorphism
H) cladogram
I) fixed allele

J) A) and D)
K) B) and H)

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