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#Question id: 4597


Cotton-topped tamarins are small primates with tufts of long white hair on their heads. While studying these creatures, you notice that males with longer hair get more opportunities to mate and father more offspring. To test the hypothesis that having longer hair is adaptive in these males, you should ________.

#XL - S Microbiology
  1. test whether other traits in these males are also adaptive

  2. look for evidence of hair in ancestors of tamarins

  3. determine if hair length is heritable

  4. test whether males with shaved heads are still able to mate

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#Question id: 9614

#XL - S Microbiology

Some molecular data place the giant panda in the bear family (Ursidae) but place the lesser panda in the raccoon family (Procyonidae). Consequently, the morphological similarities of these two species are probably due to

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#Question id: 9615

#XL - R Botany

In angiosperm plants, flower morphology can be very intricate. If a tree, such as a New Mexico locust, has flowers that share many morphological intricacies with flowers of the sweet pea vine, then the most likely explanation for these floral similarities is the same general explanation for the similarities between the

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#Question id: 9615

#XL - S Microbiology

In angiosperm plants, flower morphology can be very intricate. If a tree, such as a New Mexico locust, has flowers that share many morphological intricacies with flowers of the sweet pea vine, then the most likely explanation for these floral similarities is the same general explanation for the similarities between the

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#Question id: 9616

#XL - R Botany

Which mutation should least require realignment of homologous regions of a gene that is common to several related species?

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#Question id: 9616

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Which mutation should least require realignment of homologous regions of a gene that is common to several related species?

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#Question id: 9617

#XL - R Botany

The common ancestors of birds and mammals were very early (stem) reptiles, which almost certainly possessed 3-chambered hearts (2 atria, 1 ventricle). Birds and mammals, however, are alike in having 4-chambered hearts (2 atria, 2 ventricles). The 4-chambered hearts of birds and mammals are best described as