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Natural selection has led to the evolution of diverse natural history strategies, which have in common

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Many offspring per reproductive episode.
  2. Limitation only by density-independent limiting factors. 
  3. Adaptation to stable environments.
  4. Maximum lifetime reproductive success.
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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Which of the following is correct match?

A

Wallace

I

Changes in allele frequency due

to random genetic drift

B

Sewall Wright

II

Evolution by natural selection

C

Carl Woese

III

hybrid sterility

D

Haldane’s rule

IV

DNA sequencing led to molecular phylogenetics

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#Question id: 4717

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

 If Darwin had been aware of genes and their typical mode of transmission to subsequent generations, with which statement would he most likely have been in agreement?

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#Question id: 15716

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Evolutionary biology extends and amplifies the explanation of biological phenomena. It complements studies of the proximate causes (immediate, mechanical causes) of biological phenomena If we ask what causes a male bird to sing, the proximate causes include the action of testosterone or other hormones

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

 In The Origin of Species, Darwin propounded two major hypotheses:

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#Question id: 15718

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Christians interpreted the biblical account of Genesis literally and concluded that each species had been created individually by God in the same form it has today. This belief is known as

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#Question id: 15719

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778), who established the framework of modern taxonomy in his Systema Naturae (1735), won worldwide fame for his exhaustive classification of plants and animals, undertaken in the hope of discovering the pattern of the creation. Linnaeus classified,