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#Question id: 4569


Which of the following must exist in a population before natural selection can act upon that population?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. Genetic variation among individuals

  2. Variation among individuals caused by environmental factors

  3. Sexual reproduction

  4. B and C only

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#Question id: 3510

#Section 2: Evolution

Assume that the trihybrid cross AA BB RR X aa bb rr is made in a plant species in. What proportion of F2 progeny would be expected to be homozygous for all three genes when independently assort?

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#Question id: 11350

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following adaptations has been exploited by at least one kind of parasite to circumvent the immune system of its host?

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#Question id: 3382

#Section 2: Evolution

Researchers in the Netherlands studied the effects of parental care giving in European kestrels over 5 years. The researchers transferred chicks among nests to produce reduced broods (three or four chicks), normal broods (five or six), and enlarged broods (seven or eight). They then measured the percentage of male and female parent birds that survived the following winter. (Both males and females provide care for chicks.) Which of the following is a conclusion that can be drawn from this graph?

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#Question id: 12151

#Section 2: Evolution

The basic model of metapopulation dynamics predicts a shifting mosaic of occupied and unoccupied sites under which of the following combinations of extinction (E) and colonization (C) rates? 

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#Question id: 4598

#Section 2: Evolution

Fossils of Thrinaxodon, a species that lived during the Triassic period, have been found in both South Africa and Antarctica. Thrinaxodon had a reptile-like skeleton and laid eggs, but small depressions on the front of its skull suggest it had whiskers and, therefore, fur. Thrinaxodon may have been warm-blooded. The fossils of Thrinaxodon are consistent with the hypothesis that ________.