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