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#Question id: 10856


By inhibiting sexual reproduction by their hosts, what advantage is gained by parasites such as endophytic fungi?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. Asexual reproduction by plants promotes indirect transmission of the parasite
  2. Plants that reproduce asexually live longer and therefore the parasite will be able to exploit the host over a longer period of time
  3. There is no advantage—inhibition of sexual reproduction is a by-product of the infection and does not benefit the parasite
  4. It decreases the likelihood that resistant host plants will evolve
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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

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#Question id: 4633

#Section 2: Evolution

Natural selection is based on all of the following except