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#Question id: 4944


What is true of the amino acids that might have been delivered to Earth within carbonaceous chondrites?

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  1. They had the same proportion of L and D isomers as Earth does today.

  2. The proportion of the amino acids was similar to those produced in the Miller-Urey experiment.

  3. There were fewer kinds of amino acids on the chondrites than are found in living organisms today.

  4. They were delivered in the form of polypeptides.

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#Question id: 4652

#Section 2: Evolution

The graph depicts four possible patterns for the abundance of 3TC-resistant HIV within an infected human over time. If 3TC resistance is costly for HIV, then which plot (I—IV) best represents the response of a strain of 3TC-resistant HIV over time, if 3TC administration begins at the time indicated by the arrow?

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#Question id: 4654

#Section 2: Evolution

Structures as different as human arms, bat wings, and dolphin flippers contain many of the same bones, these bones having developed from very similar embryonic tissues. How do biologists interpret these similarities?

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#Question id: 4701

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Charles Darwin discussed all of the following EXCEPT:

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#Question id: 4702

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Which of the following is correct match?

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#Question id: 4704

#Section 2: Evolution

About thirteen different species of finches inhabit the Galápagos Islands today, all descendants of a common ancestor from the South American mainland that arrived a few million years ago. Genetically, there are four distinct lineages, but the thirteen species are currently classified among three genera. The first lineage to diverge from the ancestral lineage was the warbler finch (genus Certhidea). Next to diverge was the vegetarian finch (genus Camarhynchus), followed by five tree finch species (also in genus Camarhynchus) and six ground finch species (genus Geospiza). If the six ground finch species have evolved most recently, then which of these is the most logical prediction?

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#Question id: 15716

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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