#Question id: 3372
#Section 2: Evolution
Fish, penguin and Dolphin are independently evolved similar traits as a result of having to adapt to similar environments or ecological niches.
A. On a molecular level, this can happen due to random mutation in unrelated taxon to adaptive changes
B. This is the example of divergent evolution, occurred due to similar group of organisms inhabiting different environments
C. Similar phenotype are produced by identical change in orthologous gene
D. This is the example of convergent evolution, occurred due to similar group of organisms inhabiting different environments
Which of the following is the correct combination?
#Question id: 9607
#Section 2: Evolution
The common housefly belongs to all of the following taxa. Assuming you had access to textbooks or other scientific literature, knowing which of the following should provide you with the most specific information about the common housefly?
#Question id: 10840
#Section 2: Evolution
Why are monarch butterfly’s toxic?
#Question id: 4596
#Section 2: Evolution
In a hypothetical environment, fishes called pike-cichlids are visual predators of large, adult algae-eating fish (in other words, they locate their prey by sight). The population of algae-eaters experiences predatory pressure from pike-cichlids. Which of the following is least likely to result in the algae-eater population in future generations?
#Question id: 12340
#Section 1: Ecology