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#Question id: 9207

Loss of biodiversity matters not only with regard to mammals or other vertebrates, but also microbes. Why are microbes worthy of discovery and protection from extinction?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. Microbes play a role in digestion.
  2. Microbes may produce unique proteins useful in genetic research.
  3. Microbes are much greater in species number than any other taxa on Earth.
  4. Microbes may be the most sensitive to the next large extinction event.
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#Question id: 16839

#General Aptitude

Which figure is a vertical reflection across the x axis?
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#Question id: 4631

#Section 2: Evolution

As a young biologist, Charles Darwin had expected the living plants of temperate South America would resemble those of temperate Europe, but he was surprised to find that they more closely resembled the plants of tropical South America. The biological explanation for this observation is most properly associated with the field of
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#Question id: 8908

#Section 2: Evolution

According to one hypothesis, the jaws of vertebrates were derived by the modification of
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#Question id: 4599

#Section 2: Evolution

Many crustaceans (for example, lobsters, shrimp, and crayfish) use their tails to swim, but crabs have reduced tails that curl under their shells and are not used in swimming. This is an example of ________.
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#Question id: 4614

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of these is the extant (that is, living) species most closely related to species X?