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#Question id: 5652


What generalization can be applied to the pole plasm of Drosophila, the P-granules of C. elegans, the yolk-free vegetal cytoplasm of Xenopus, and the localized mRNA for vasa in zebrafish?

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. All mark the posterior end of the antero-posterior axis.

  2. All are present at fertilization in the vegetal pole of the egg.

  3. All are determinants that specify the dorso-ventral axis of the fertilized egg.

  4. All mark the special region of cytoplasm, the germplasm, that is involved in specification of germ cells.

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#Question id: 4993

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

If the prokaryotic flagellum developed from assemblages of proteins that originally were not involved with cell motility but with some other function instead, then the modern prokaryotic flagellum is a(n)

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#Question id: 4992

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

The existence of the phenomenon of exaptation is most closely associated with which of the following reasons that natural selection cannot fashion perfect organisms?

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#Question id: 4991

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Which of these fly organs, as they exist in current fly populations, best fits the description of an exaptation?

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#Question id: 4990

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Fly species W, found in a certain part of the island, produces fertile offspring with species Y. Species W does not produce fertile offspring with species X or Z. If no other species can hybridize, then species W and Y

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#Question id: 4989

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

If the malesʹ halteres have species-specific size, shape, color, and use in courtship displays, and if the speciesʹ ranges overlap, then the speciation events may have been driven, at least in part, by which of the following?

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#Question id: 4988

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

If the foods preferred by each species are found on different parts of the island, and if the flies mate and lay eggs on their food sources, regardless of the location of the food sources, then the speciation events involving these fly species may have been driven, at least in part, by which of the following?