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#Question id: 18627


Which of the following is incorrect regarding the terminologies of phylogenetics?

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology
  1. The connecting point where two adjacent branches join is called a node
  2. Node represents an inferred ancestor of extant taxa
  3. The tips of the branches represents common ancestors
  4. The lines in the tree are called branches
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#Question id: 3476

#SCPH28 | Zoology

The genetic relatedness (r) of an individual to brother is 0.50, according to Hamilton’s Rule, only if the fitness benefit is

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#Question id: 3477

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?

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#Question id: 3478

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Natural selection may favour the evolution of foraging behaviours by predator that

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#Question id: 3479

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Which of the following could be classified as habituation?

A) You enter a room and hear a fan motor. After a period of time, you are no longer aware of the motorʹs noise.

B) You hear a horn while driving your car. You step on the brakes but notice the sound came from a side street. You resume your previous speed.

C) One morning you awake to a beep-beep-beep from a garbage truck working on a new early morning schedule. The next week the garbage truck arrives at the same time and makes the same noise, but does not wake you up.

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#Question id: 3480

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Which of the following statements about learning and behavior is correct?

A) Operant conditioning involves associating a behavior with a reward or punishment.

B) Associative learning involves linking one stimulus with another.

C) Behavior can be modified by learning, but some apparent learning is due to maturation.

D) Imprinting is a learned behavior with an innate component acquired during a sensitive period.

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#Question id: 3481

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Classical conditioning and operant conditioning differ in that

A) classical conditioning takes longer.

B) operant conditioning usually involves more intelligence.

C) operant conditioning involves consequences for the animalʹs behavior.

D) classical conditioning is restricted to mammals and birds.