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#Question id: 4618


Which of the following observations helped Darwin shape his concept of descent with modification?

#XL - T Zoology
  1. Species diversity declines farther from the equator.

  2. Fewer species live on islands than on the nearest continents.

  3. Birds live on islands located farther from the mainland than the birds' maximum nonstop flight distance.

  4. South American temperate plants are more similar to the tropical plants of South America than to the temperate plants of Europe.

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#Question id: 8291

#XL - S Microbiology

Which of the following pairs are the best examples of homologous structures?

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#Question id: 8291

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Which of the following pairs are the best examples of homologous structures?

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#Question id: 8292

#XL - S Microbiology

Some molecular data place the giant panda in the bear family (Ursidae) but place the lesser panda in the raccoon family (Procyonidae). If the molecular data best reflect the evolutionary history of these two groups, then the morphological similarities of these two species is most likely due to ________.

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#Question id: 8293

#XL - S Microbiology

The importance of computers and of computer software to modern systematics s is most closely linked to advances in ________.

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#Question id: 8294

#XL - S Microbiology

The common ancestors of birds and mammals were very early (stem) reptiles, which almost certainly possessed three-chambered hearts (two atria, one ventricle). Birds and mammals, however, are alike in having four-chambered hearts (two atria, two ventricles). The fourchambered hearts of birds and mammals are best described as ________.

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#Question id: 8295

#XL - S Microbiology

Imagine that a phylogeny was developed for a group of mammals based on bone structure. Which of the following statements would be a reasonable prediction about a phylogeny for the same group of species based on similarities and differences in the structure of a particular enzyme?