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