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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?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  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: 5706

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Species A has 2n = 16 chromosomes and species B has 2n = 14. How many chromosomes would be found in an allotriploid of these two species?

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#Question id: 5707

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Which of the following statement is correct for human is heterozygous for inversion?

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#Question id: 5708

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

If non-disjunction occurs in meiosis I, which of the following scenario is most likely to occur?

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#Question id: 5709

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

What is probability of couple where male is karyotypically normal and the female in pericentric inversion in heterozygous condition produced child with disability if 50% chance of crossing over takes placed within pericentric inversion. (Note: Duplication and deletion in gamete will results  in disability)

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#Question id: 5723

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

An individual heterozygous for a reciprocal translocation possesses the following chromosomes

I-  nonviability                                  II – Viability        

III- only translocated chromosome     IV- only normal chromosome

V- one translocated another normal

Which of the following above chromosome constituent and feature in their gamete result from?

A- alternate       B- adjacent-1     C- adjacent-2

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#Question id: 5726

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Following diagram represents the sequence of genes in a normal chromosome of a plant species

CORRECT combination for chromosomal mutation using