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#Question id: 8689

Which of the following statements best describes the rationale for applying the principle of maximum parsimony in constructing phylogenetic trees?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. Parsimony allows the researcher to "root" the tree.
  2. Similarity due to common ancestry should be more common than similarity due to convergent evolution.
  3. The molecular clock validates the principle of parsimony.
  4. The outgroup roots the tree, allowing the principle of parsimony to be applied.
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#Question id: 10849

#Section 2: Evolution

Plasmodium is transmitted from human to human by the bite of a mosquito carrier. In this scenario plasmodium is the ________, the mosquito is the ________, and _______ is the role played by the human.
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#Question id: 10855

#Section 2: Evolution

The incidence of Lyme disease is ultimately dependent on the abundance of
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#Question id: 11986

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following statements is (are) true of fixed action patterns? 
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#Question id: 11661

#Section 1: Ecology

Autogenic factors results from the community and its organism for example filling in the pond by the dead organism from the pond itself. It included several other factors except____
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#Question id: 12371

#Section 1: Ecology

Succession results from disturbance by fire.