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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A natural selection and genetic drift
B mutation and recombination
C homologous traits and interspecific variation
D genetic drift and the founder effect
Question #2
A individuals behave in ways that benefit other individuals in the group
B the mechanism of natural selection
C through the mechanism of blending inheritance
D by the principles of Mendelian inheritance and variation hidden as recessive alleles
Question #3
A All of these statements are correct
B are affected by genes at many loci.
C can be greatly impacted by the environment.
D a single gene has only a small effect on the phenotype.
Question #4
A dominant
B Mendelian
C recessive
D polygenic
Question #5
A recessiveness
B codominance
C dominance
D blending
Question #6
A 4
B 6
C 2
D 3
Question #7
A stabilization of gene flow
B founders effect
C enhancement of adaptation
D equilibrium of population genetics
Question #8
A the change in allele frequencies produced by nonrandom factors
B not evolutionary change
C the opposite of founder effect
D the change in allele frequencies produced by random factors
Question #9
A exchange of genes between populations
B differential reproductive success of individuals
C production of new alleles
D chance loss of alleles in a population
Question #10
A differential reproductive success of individuals
B a chance loss of alleles in a population
C the production of new alleles
D the exchange of genes between populations
Question #11
A chance loss of alleles in a population
B production of new alleles
C differential reproductive success of individuals
D exchange of genes between populations
Question #12
A Individuals move from one population to another
B False; migration cannot change gene frequencies
C Individuals from two different populations produce offspring
D Speciation occurs
Question #13
A Individuals move from one population to another
B False; gene flow cannot change gene frequencies
C Speciation occurs
D Individuals from two different populations produce offspring
Question #14
A Devolution occurs
B False; mutations cannot change gene frequencies
C The mutation changes the gene itself and the gene spreads through the population
D When X-Men threaten the world
Question #15
A differential reproductive success of individuals
B chance loss of alleles in a population
C exchange of genes between populations
D production of new alleles
Question #16
A natural selection, directional selection, and stabilizing selection.
B stabilizing selection, directional selection, and disruptive selection.
C mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, and natural selection.
D genetic variation, phenotypic variation, adaptation, and exaptation.
Question #17
A genetic shift
B migration
C natural selection
D genetic drift
Question #18
A Natural selection
B Migration
C Devolution
D Mutation
Question #19
A evolutionary or modern synthesis.
B punctuated equilibrium theory.
C revisionist evolutionary theory.
D fitness fusion.
Question #20
A Scientists have still not defined evolution
B A change in gene frequencies from generation to generation
C Descent with modification
D Survival of the fittest