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#Question id: 8689

Which of the following statements best describes the rationale for applying the principle of maximum parsimony in constructing phylogenetic trees?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. Parsimony allows the researcher to "root" the tree.
  2. Similarity due to common ancestry should be more common than similarity due to convergent evolution.
  3. The molecular clock validates the principle of parsimony.
  4. The outgroup roots the tree, allowing the principle of parsimony to be applied.
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#Question id: 5922

#General Aptitude

The last day of a Century year can not be:
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#Question id: 3293

#Section 2: Evolution

In a Hardy-Weinberg population of butterflies find that 32% are heterozygous at a particular locus. What should be the frequency of the homozygous individuals in this population?
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#Question id: 11181

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Among populations of birds, individuals without territories are
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#Question id: 3465

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

One species lives only in tree holes; another species lives only in streams.
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#Question id: 12581

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

Which of the following causes an increase in the intensity of UV radiation reaching the Earth?