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#Question id: 4580


In modern terminology, diversity is understood to be a result of genetic variation. Sources of variation for evolution include all of the following except

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. mistakes in translation of structural genes.

  2. mistakes in DNA replication.

  3. translocations and mistakes in meiosis.

  4. recombination at fertilization.

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#Question id: 11714

#Section 2: Evolution

In recognizing patchiness in the natural world, ecologists have developed three different models of populations. Which of these recognize(s) that there are differences in the quality of habitat patches without considering effects of differences in habitat quality within the habitat matrix?

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#Question id: 11715

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The lifetime dispersal area of a particular species of drosophila is 0.2 km2. What else would we need to know to determine the neighbourhood size for this species?

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#Question id: 11716

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Macroecology addresses patterns of range size and population density. Which of the following statements is true?

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#Question id: 11765

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The population density of a particular insect species was determined to be 15,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1996, 21,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1997, and 29,400 adults per hectare in the summer of 1998. Based on these population estimates, what is your estimate of λ, the annual rate of geometric growth?

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#Question id: 11766

#Section 2: Evolution

The population density of a particular insect species was determined to be 15,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1996, 21,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1997, and 29,400 adults per hectare in the summer of 1998.

What would you expect the insect population to be in the summer of 2000, assuming no change in λ?

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#Question id: 11767

#Section 2: Evolution

If a population has a stable age distribution, which of the following statements is true?