Which of these conditions are always true of populations evolving due to natural selection? Condition 1: The population must vary in traits that are heritable.

Condition 2: Some heritable traits must increase reproductive success.

Condition 3: Individuals pass on most traits that they acquire during their lifetime.

#Question id: 3489

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

 In a bird species A, the male alone builds the nest, incubates the eggs and feeds the nestling. In bird species B, it is the female that does all that. In bird species C, both sexes contribute equally to the above activities. In species A and B, the uninvolved partner may fly away and mate again. Which sex among A, B and C is most likely to develop colorful plumage during breeding season?

#Question id: 10742

#Section 1: Ecology

Interior species

#Question id: 8287

#Section 2: Evolution

The following phylogeny shows six living species (a-f) and five ancestral (now extinct) species (#1-5). If the phylogeny had been developed on the basis of similarities in bone structure, which of the following predictions would you make in terms of the structure of a particular enzyme?

#Question id: 3317

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following statements is NOT correct regarding effect of genetic drift?

#Question id: 16878

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology