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#Question id: 7700


The legless condition that is observed in several groups of extant reptiles is the result of ________.

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. their common ancestor having been legless
  2. a shared adaptation to an arboreal (living in trees) lifestyle
  3. several instances of the legless condition arising independently of each other
  4. individual lizards adapting to a fossorial (living in burrows) lifestyle during their lifetimes
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#Question id: 3270

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Heterozygote advantage should be most closely linked to which of the following?

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#Question id: 3273

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

The number of forward mutations is equal to the number of reverse mutations then

a) Population is in equilibrium for forward and reverse mutation rates

b) The population is being in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium

c) No further change in allelic frequency

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#Question id: 3276

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

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.

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#Question id: 3277

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Which of the following describes the most likely order of events in allopatric speciation?

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#Question id: 3278

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

What does the biological species concept use as the primary criterion for determining species boundaries?

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#Question id: 3279

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Which two of the following have operated to increase divergence between mosquito fish populations on island?

a. improved gene flow

b. bottleneck effect

c. sexual selection

d. founder effect

e. natural selection