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#Question id: 8689


Which of the following statements best describes the rationale for applying the principle of maximum parsimony in constructing phylogenetic trees?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. Parsimony allows the researcher to "root" the tree.
  2. Similarity due to common ancestry should be more common than similarity due to convergent evolution.
  3. The molecular clock validates the principle of parsimony.
  4. The outgroup roots the tree, allowing the principle of parsimony to be applied.
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#Question id: 2991

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Early observations of a cultured cell line indicated that the cells did not exhibit either density-dependent inhibition or anchorage dependence. What do these observations suggest about this cell line?

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#Question id: 2992

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

DNA was isolated from three different cell types of the same organism, the relative DNA content for each type was determined, and the results were plotted on the graph shown in the figure below. Refer to the graph to answer the following questions. Which sample of DNA might be from a cell that stopped the process of cell division in G0 phase of the cell cycle prior to meiosis?

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#Question id: 2993

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

During meiosis, a defect occurs in a cell that results in the failure of spindle microtubules binding at the kinetochores. Which of the following statements describes the most likely result of such a defect?

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#Question id: 2994

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

If a cell has completed meiosis I and the first cytokinesis, and is just beginning meiosis II, which of the following is an appropriate description of its genetic contents?

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#Question id: 2995

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

 Which of the following incorrect pair?

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#Question id: 2996

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Cell death approximately equal to cell division is found in