Life history trait varies environmental condition, both survivorship and fecundity is habitat dependent in practice but intrinsic rate of increase can change as environmental change. Following life history trait is characteristic of r-selected species?

A) Later age at first reproduction                    B) Long generation time

C) Multiple broods per life spans                    D) Large number of offspring per brood

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#General Aptitude

#Question id: 3420

#Section 2: Evolution

Following are key points about the effect of genetic drift:

A. Genetic drift is significant in small populations.

B. Genetic drift can cause allele frequencies to change in a pre-directed way.

C. Genetic drift can lead to a loss of genetic variation within populations.

D. Genetic drift can cause harmful alleles to become fixed.

Which one of the following combination of the above statements are true?

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#Section 2: Evolution

If, someday, an archaean cell is discovered whose rRNA sequence is more similar to that of humans than the sequence of mouse rRNA is to that of humans, the best explanation for this apparent discrepancy would be ________.

#Question id: 11405

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

Vulnerability to extinction can be linked to species following characteristics. Which of the following statement are correct?

A. Endemism species are more prone to extinction than fragmented

B. Species that are capable of migrating between fragments of habitat, such as between mainland areas and islands, may be more resistant to extinction

C. Population variability species are less prone to extinct

D. Species with naturally long life spans may be more likely to become extinct

#Question id: 3265

#Section 2: Evolution

If the curve shifts to the left or to the right, there is no gene flow, and the population size consequently increases over successive generations, then which of these is (are) probably occurring?