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#Question id: 4699


The theory of evolution is most accurately described as

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  1. an educated guess about how species originate.

  2. one possible explanation, among several scientific alternatives, about how species have come into existence.

  3. an opinion that some scientists hold about how living things change over time.

  4. an overarching explanation, supported by much evidence, for how populations change over time.

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#Question id: 3271

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Consider hemophilia A, a clotting disorder caused by an X-linked recessive allele with a frequency (q) of approximately 1 in 10,000. The frequency of the disease among females and among male respectively

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#Question id: 3275

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When imbalances occur in the sex ratio of sexual species that have two sexes (that is, other than a 50:50 ratio), the members of the minority sex often receive a greater proportion of care and resources from parents than do the offspring of the majority sex. This is most clearly an example of ________.

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#Question id: 3278

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What does the biological species concept use as the primary criterion for determining species boundaries?

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#Question id: 3279

#Section 2: Evolution

Which two of the following have operated to increase divergence between mosquito fish populations on island?

a. improved gene flow

b. bottleneck effect

c. sexual selection

d. founder effect

e. natural selection

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#Question id: 3281

#Section 2: Evolution

One population X has 750 AA, 0 Aa, and 250 aa; the other Y has 500 AA, 500 Aa, and 0 aa. After one generation of random mating, the genotype frequencies X and Y respectively if the population size remains 1,000.

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#Question id: 4730

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Cross is made between a pure breeding plant having red coloured male flowers with a pure breeding plant having white colored female flowers. All of these offspring are white colored flower. Upon selfing of these F1 red flower plant produced both red and white flower. Which of the following is conclusion of these cross?