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#Question id: 11378

Which of the following set of conditions will qualify a species to be considered as critical endangered (EN) as per IUCN criteria?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

  1. >90% reduction in population size, <100 km2 area of occupancy, at least 50% estimated extinction risk in three generations.

  2. <2,50 individuals with declining population, <250 mature individuals, at least 20% estimated extinction risk in 20 years

  3. <250 individuals with declining population, <50 mature individuals, at least 50% estimated extinction risk in 10 years.
  4. >90% reduction in population size, <10 km² area of occupancy, at least 50% estimated extinction risk in five generations
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#Question id: 3501

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

following graph related with mate choice  during natural selection ? Which of the following correct?

a. male investment exceed  that of female

b. female investment exceed  that of male

c. Reproductive investment by the sexes is strongly influenced by differences in the degree of parental investment

d.leads to male mate choice

e. overall increase fitness

f.female mate choice
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#Question id: 3502

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Sexual dimorphism (SD) is a pattern that is seen throughout the animal kingdom and differences between the sexes in coloration are common in many organisms. Following some statement are given

A) There are many mechanisms that drive the evolution of SD, the most accepted mechanism being sexual selection

B) Mate choice is an important proximate mechanism of sexual selection, often the sex with the higher reproductive investment is the ‘choosy’ sex

C) Larger species are more sexually dimorphic than smaller species

D) Terrestrial species tend to be more sexually dimorphic than arboreal species

Which of the following above statement is correct?

Which one of the following is correct?
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#Question id: 3503

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Following figure shown mate choice, following some statement is given

A) Male mate choice

B) More variance of matting success in female

C) Polygyny

D) More variance of matting success in male

E) Female mate choice

F) Polyandry
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#Question id: 3504

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Bird has a choice of four food resource with following character . assume all resource are equally abundant Following sequence of preference for resource ?
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#Question id: 3505

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Patterns of relatedness are different in hymenopterans, which are haplodiploid. Which of the following value of relatedness R1, R2, R3 and R4 respectively in figure?
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#Question id: 3506

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

An altruist provides help worth 9 units of fitness to a recipient, at a personal cost of 2 unit of fitness. As per kin-selection theory, the minimum value of genetic relatedness between the actors and the recipients that is necessary to maintain altruism in the population is