Genes that control coat color in mammals represent some of the best early examples of genes with multiple alleles exhibiting different phenotypes. A classic example is the C gene in hamsters. Three of the known alleles of this gene are C, c^a and c^k. Each supplies a different amount of black pigment to the coat hair. The phenotypes of three different homozygous strains are as follows.

Based on the concepts of recessivity, determine whether ck and ca were dominant or recessive alleles by crossing the true-breeding albino hamsters  with the true-breeding sepia hamsters. From the resulting F1 progeny phenotype, what would be the ratio of F2 phenotype

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Which of the following statements best explains why modification or change in an organ or tissue during the lifetime of an individual is not inherited?

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Darwin and Wallace's theory of evolution by natural selection was revolutionary because it ________.

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

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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Which of the following is correct match?

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Charles Darwin discussed all of the following EXCEPT:

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Which of the following is not an observation or inference on which natural selection is based?