19. Variation is important for evolution, because it provides the fitness differences upon which natural selection operates. Sexual reproduction is an important source of variation in plants and animals, but what about asexually reproducing organisms like bacteria? Where does their variation come from? (Concepts: sexual versus asexual reproduction, mechanisms generating allelic variation) 20. The Phoenix Zoo kept the only remaining population of Arabian Oryx for ten years in captivity. Finally, when the captive population was high enough and the habitat was...
Answer parts a and b in regards to natural selection and
variation within and between populations. Be clear about which part
you are answering.
a. How does natural selection impact variation within a
population?
b. How does natural selection impact variation between populations;
be specific about this answer (Hint: there's more than one option
here).
The neutral mutation hypothesis does NOT suggest that:
(a) The evolution of most genetic variation in a population is
influenced by genetic drift
(b) When natural selection is at work on protein variants, it
will lead to little variation in the population
(c) Most molecular variation is adaptively neutral- for example,
most protein variants are functionally equivalent.
(d) Natural selection is still an important evolutionary
force
(e) Genetic variation in a population is maintained mainly by
natural selection
For natural selection to happen, there must be variation present
in a population. This is true because in a population without
variation
Select one:
a. Change between generations can't happen
b. If there is only one trait, it must be advantageous, and thus
change is not necessary.
c. There is no inter-individual competition.
d. Offspring never inherit mutations.
Evolution by natural selection is an emergent property of the
structure of DNA. According to the theory, individuals vary in form
and behaviour in heritable ways, which leads to different survival
rates of their offspring.
True or False?
The type of evolutionary relationship shown in phylogenetic
trees is called horizontal gene transfer. Endosymbiosis is not an
example of horizontal gene transfer.
True or False ?
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