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