Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 12SQ
Match the evolution concepts.
| ____ gene flow | a. can lead to interdependent species |
| ____ sexual selection | b. changes in a population’s allele frequencies due to chance alone |
| ____ mutation | c. alleles enter or leave a population |
| ____ genetic drift | d. adaptive traits make their bearers better at securing mates |
| ____ coevolution | e. original source of new alleles |
| ____ adaptive radiation | f. burst of divergences from one lineage into many |
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1. ____ occurs when allele frequencies change over generation due to random chance.
a. extinction
b. gene flow
c. natural selection
d. mutation
Evidence that populations change in characteristics over time includes ___.
a.
Guppies transferred from ponds with predators to ponds without predators became more brightly colored
b.
drug resistance in bacterial diseases like tuberculosis becoming more common
c.
fruit flies in jars with alcohol in the food will increase in fast alcohol dehydrogenase alleles after a few generations
d.
Cholera outbreaks became more deadly after the industrial revolution when people started to live in crowded cities
e.
all of the above are examples of evolution
match the following:
______ Adaptation a. random change in allele frequencies in a population
______ Mutation b. trait that allows an organism to survive in their environment
______ Genetic Drift c. Surviving members have different allele frequencies
______ Founder Effect d. Variation, competition and adaptation are necessary
______ Population Bottleneck e. change in a base pair of DNA that may affect an individual’s fitness
______ Natural Selection f. Founding members of a population having unique allele frequencies
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 17 - ___ is the original source of new alleles. a....Ch. 17 - Which is required for evolution to occur in a...Ch. 17 - Prob. 3SQCh. 17 - Prob. 4SQCh. 17 - The persistence of sickle-cell anemia in a...Ch. 17 - ___ tends to keep populations of a species similar...Ch. 17 - The theory of natural selection does not explain...Ch. 17 - Prob. 1DAACh. 17 - Prob. 2DAACh. 17 - Prob. 3DAA
Ch. 17 - Prob. 4DAACh. 17 - Which of the following is not part of how we...Ch. 17 - Sex in many birds is typically preceded by an...Ch. 17 - The difference between sympatric and parapatric...Ch. 17 - A fire devastates all trees in a wide swath of...Ch. 17 - Match the evolution concepts. ____ gene flow a....Ch. 17 - Change in allele frequency of a population is...Ch. 17 - Species have traditionally been characterized as...Ch. 17 - Rama the cama, a llama-camel hybrid, was born in...Ch. 17 - Two species or antelope, one from Africa, the...Ch. 17 - Prob. 4CT
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