The concept of genetic bottlenecks includes which of the following?
1. | a loss of genetic diversity in descendent populations |
2. | extensive gene flow |
3. | sharing of genetic material between two populations |
4. | increased ability to resist new diseases |
Which statement most accurately reflects what population geneticists refer to as "fitness"?
1. | Fitness is the measure of an organism's adaptability to various habitats. |
2. | Fitness reflects the number of mates each individual in the population selects. |
3. | Fitness refers to the relative health of each individual in the population. |
4. | Fitness is a measure of the contribution of a genotype to the gene pool of the next generation. |
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Organisms that are least likely to experience extinction over the long term are most likely to be found in:
1. | areas inhabited by humans | 2. | very stable habitats |
3. | desert | 4. | savanna |
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Which one of the following would cause the Hardy-Weinberg principle to be inaccurate?
1. | The size of the population is very large. |
2. | Individuals mate with one another at random. |
3. | Natural selection is present. |
4. | There is no source of new copies of alleles from outside the population. |
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Which one of the following populations would most quickly lead to two groups with few shared traits?
1. | a population with disruptive selection |
2. | a population with directional selection |
3. | a population with stabilizing selection |
4. | a population with no selection |
Which of the following is used as an atmospheric pollution indicator?
1. | Lepidoptera | 2. | Lichens |
3. | Lycopersicon | 4. | Lycopodium |
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The theory of spontaneous generation stated that:
1. | life arose from living forms only |
2. | life can arise from both living and non-living |
3. | life can arise from non-living things only |
4. | life arises spontaneously, neither from the living nor from the non-living |
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Animal husbandry and plant breeding programmes are the examples of:
1. reverse evolution
2. artificial selection
3. mutation
4. natural selection
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Palaeontological evidence for evolution refers to the:
1. | development of the embryo | 2. | homologous organs |
3. | fossils | 4. | analogous organs |
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The bones of forelimbs of whales, bats, cheetahs, and men are similar in structure, because:
1. | one organism has given rise to another |
2. | they share a common ancestor |
3. | they perform the same function |
4. | they have biochemical similarities |
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