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#Question id: 4585

The cow Bos primigenius (which is bred for meat and milk) has a smaller brain and larger eyes than closely related wild species of ungulates. These traits most likely arose by ________.

#Section 2: Evolution

  1. natural selection, because these traits evolved in the population over time

  2. natural selection, because these traits were not consciously selected by humans

  3. artificial selection, because changes in these traits co-occurred with human selection for high milk output and high muscle content

  4. artificial selection, because these animals differ from their close relatives and common ancestor

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#Question id: 11351

#Section 1: Ecology

Which type of mutualism is demonstrated by plant-pollinator relationships?
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#Question id: 12155

#Section 1: Ecology

Under which of the following conditions do the mathematical models for competition tell us that coexistence of two competing species is most likely? 
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#Question id: 9196

#Section 2: Evolution

If all individuals in the last remaining population of a particular frog species were all highly elated, which type of diversity would be of greatest concern when planning to prevent the species from going extinct?
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#Question id: 11353

#Section 1: Ecology

Prior to the availability of a measles vaccine, outbreaks of measles occurred at two-year intervals, why?
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#Question id: 10735

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following extreme viewpoints of community organization holds that a community comprises a superorganism and is much more than the sum of its individual parts?