How does artificial selection differ from natural selection? Do you think the ancestors of lettuce had such soft, nonbitter leaves? Could today’s lettuce plants survive in natural conditions?

Q: Can we infer traits of the angiosperm common ancestor from traits found in early fossil angiosperms?

A: Flowers are basically sent evolution of plants on land. Angiosperms or flowering plants have evolved…

Q: What sort of features/traits have arisen in early land plants through a selection for dispersal…

A: Early plants adapt themselves according to the environmental conditions. They have more capability…

Q: A consortium of dairy and beef farmers has hired you to study the evolutionary origins of domestic…

A: Evolution is a change in the heritable qualities of natural populaces over progressive ages. These…

Q: Members of the cactus family in North and South America and of the spurge family in Africa are very…

A: Cactus belongs to Cactacese family.  Euphorbias also called spurge belongs to Euphorbiacese family.…

Q: Can you help me explain how plants evolved from algal ancestors?

A: Evolution is defined has the act of unrolling or we can say that gradual changes from one form to…

Q: In what ways do terrestrial plants and their aquatic ancestors differ? Give at least two…

A: Terrestrial plants are land plants developed from thallophyta or algae. Algae are cryptogram which…

Q: how does natural and artificial selection work on plants with herbicides

A: Resistance to pesticides describes the reduced resistance of a population of pests to a pesticide…

Q: By taking industrial melanism as on example, explain the concept of natural selection by evolution?

A: Charles Robert Darwin was best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. His…

Q: How did the evolution of certain reproductive features allow early plants to invade the land? Answer…

A: Evolution is defined as the change in traits or characteristic in a population over several…

Q: What is the significance of the cyanobacteria in the origin of plants?

A: Importance of cyanobacteria - The nitrogen cycle is influenced by cyanobacteria. Many plants rely…

Q: If the vascular system is less crucial to the evolution of trees, then what innovations do you think…

A: According to research studies, the oldest vascular plant fossil was found from the Silurian period…

Q: Where do lycophytes, horsetails, and ferns fit in the evolutionary history of the plants?

A: A seed lands in favourable condition; it grows out of the source and begins to grow. Seeds because…

Q: Classify the following as examples of homology and analogy​:(i) Hearts of fish and crocodile(ii)…

A: Homology is the study of the organs that evolved from the same origin or from the common ancestor…

Q: The earliest ancestor of land plants resembled: A)Grasses B)Red algae C)Green algae D)Ferns E)Pine…

A: Land plants, also known as embryophytes, are a diverse group of multicellular organisms that inhabit…

Q: Describe the way turfgrasses grow. What has influenced their evolution and whatimplications does…

A: Evolution is the change in characteristics of a species over a large period of time over its…

Q: What initial observation led the researchers to form a hypothesis? A.) Seeds warmed by sunlight had…

A: A.) Seeds warmed by sunlight have higher germination rates.B.) Pea plants are more efficient at…

Q: Do trees have DNA?

A: A tree is a type of multicellular organism belonging to kingdom Plantae. It has elongated stem,…

Q: When did plants first emerge? What kinds of fossils were found to give us some ideas about the…

A: The evolutionary evidences of plants are recorded on the basis of fossil preserved in lowland or…

Q: If the stomata of bryophytes and of vascular plants are not an example of convergent evolution, what…

A: convergent evolution is the term used to indicate when different organisms independently evolve…

Q: During Charles Darwin’s voyages, he observed species of plants and animals unique to specific…

A: The similarities between the organisms is suggestive of the relationship between the two species at…

Q: Why did angiosperm evolution present such a pickle for Darwin and his new theory of evolution?

A: Introduction: This is a synopsis of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection:…

Q: Did woody plants evolve more than once?

A: Plants are the multicellular organisms that carry out photosynthesis to convert inorganic compounds…

Q: What has been the basis of the Tree of Life in the past decades? What do the ‘branches’ in the tree…

A: Tree of Life This was first proposed by Charles Darwin in his book titled ' On the origins of…

Q: Fishlake national forest in Utah contains a stand of 40,000 aspen trees, all of which came from a…

A: The term "clone" of aspens refers to a stand of aspens because every tree is a genetic duplicate of…

Q: How might the fitness cost of photorespiration in C3 plants favor the evolution of C4 plants?

A: Photorespiration is a wasteful pathway that occurs when the Calvin cycle enzyme rubisco acts on…

Q: How might Bryophytes and Lycophytes (“true” mosses and spikemosses) have contributed to the…

A: Bryophytes and lycophytes have led to the evolution of flowering plants and other land plants. There…

Q: Ancestral wild wheat varieties have a trait where seed heads shatter when ripe, allowing easier seed…

A: Ancestral wild wheat varieties have a trait where seed heads shatter when ripe, allowing easier seed…

Q: Why does adenine always pair with thymine and guanine always pair with cytosine what 2 factors…

A: The nitrogenous base pairs of DNA are the fundamental units that make up the DNA molecule. DNA is…

Q: What can scientists analyze to get a better understanding of how plants and animals evolved a common…

A: The last universal common ancestor is the common ancestor among Plants, animals, and bacteria. It is…

Q: What is the correct order of appearance in the fossil record, starting with the earliest: flowering…

A: Fossils are the remains of living organisms that was found after the organism was buried properly.…

Q: In early spring, Dr. Tom Wilson notices that there is an equal distribution of long and short…

A: Introduction :- A hypothesis is a tested statement concerning the relationship between two or more…

Q: What evidence is there that about 7 million years ago a major change occurred in the kinds of…

A: Organic carbon are often buried in massive quantities in hypoxia marine environments. the shortage…

Q: Plants made the leap from water to land during the late Ordovician period (we think). In order to…

A: Introduction: Land plants, including those with vascular tissue, first appeared some 475 million…

Q: Which of the following are examples of different reproductive organs in plant evolution? (Choose all…

A: Evolution is the process by which the features of the species change over the course of several…

Q: Evaluate the following statements about seeds from two biology textbooks:

A: The seed coat is the outer protective covering of the seed. It is developed from the integument of…

Q: Some people have stated that the flowering plants "invented" the bees. What do you think

A: Plants are higher eukaryotic organisms that are classified into several different phyla and classes…

Q: The evolution of land plants was challanged by both exposure to direct sunlight as well as adjusting…

A: The colonization of land by plants was one of the most important events in the evolution, which…

Q: Why are Ginkgo and Cycas called living fossils?

A: Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the past.…

Q: In several pairs of plant and animal species, plants have become modified such that only its animal…

A: In biological communities, the distinct species interact with each other through interspecific…