Special Topics in Evolution True or False
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1.
Which of the following best describes this phylogenetic tree? -> Cladogram
True
False
2.
What is feature A indicating? -> Inferred Ancestor
True
False
3.
What is feature B indicating? -> Character change
True
False
4.
Which two species have the most recent common ancestor? -> Dog and cow
True
False
5.
Which of the following species is in the outgroup? -> Human
True
False
6.
Say there are two genes for humor in humans, a
ShmP
and
ShmO
gene. Which of the following terms best describes the process of the
ShmP
gene mutating to pick up a portion of
ShmO
gene? -> Disruptive selection
True
False
7.
Which of the following terms best describes the process of selection driving individuals to carry only the
ShmP1
or
ShmP3
allele of the
ShmP
gene, but not the intermediate allele
ShmP2
? -> Disruptive selection
True
False
8.
Which of the following terms best describes the similarity between the ShmP1 gene that is only found in humans and fruit flies (and no other species)? -> Convergent evolution
True
False
9.
You notice a two species on either side of a mountain range. They both look very similar to each other, and when you do a phylogenetic tree, you find that they are genetically similar to each other, but clearly two different species. How did they arise? -> Allopatric speciation
True
False
10.
What process best describes the individual mutations that a virus might pick up to gain drug-resistance? -> Genetic Drift
True
False
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