Explain the difference between generalized and specialized characteristics. What are examples of each in terms of the adaptive potential? Define the term “adaptive radiation” and explain why it is important to the principle of evolution. Why was adaptive radiation especially important to mammals’ eventual rapid evolutionary success and diversification? What are some of the different groups of mammals?

Q: After the glacial retreat at the end of the last ice age, some three-spine stickleback fish…

A: The formation of new species (speciation) occurs because of geographical isolation and mutation.…

Q: in the future there may be more than one species of ostrich ? True or false 2)There is evidence of…

A: Development of one species takes a great deal of time because many factors operate to evolve a…

Q: According to this tree, turtles are more closely related to mammals than to birds." This statement…

A: In taxonomy the construction of phylogenetic tree is very important that gives us ideas about the…

Q: Write a haiku on animal diversity:protostomes

A: Around 600 million years ago, the two clades split. Protostomes have evolved into over a million…

Q: Convergent evolution” refers to the fact that two different kinds of organisms have converged on……

A: Evolution is defined as the change in trait from a period of time. It can be convergent and…

Q: How ecological interactions eventually lead to the evolution of adaptations?explain with an example.

A: Adaptation is necessary to live in an environment.

Q: 2. The illustration is from a liver biopsy of a 34-year-old woman with a long history of alcoholism.…

A: The liver is a wedge-shaped abdominal organ present in the right hypochondriac region extending…

Q: Adaptations are physical or behavioral traits that help an organism survive in its environment. What…

A: A complex evolutionary mechanism that adapts species to their surroundings, thereby increasing their…

Q: Evolution in Humans: 1) describe several techniques that paleontologists today use to establish…

A: As per our policy, we are answering the first question only. For the rest of the questions, kindly…

Q: Prompt Human babies of low weight lose body heat quickly, and are more likely than other babies to…

A: Answer- Micro-evolutionary mechanism involves genetic drift, mutation, natural selection which…

Q: Which of the following passages inaccurately describes the evolutionary process?   Wings are a…

A: Evolution is a process through which cumulative changes occur in a population at the genetic level.…

Q: How does an individual with a competitive advantage lead to the evolution of an entire species?…

A: The same or different species want competition between members including food, shelter and water,…

Q: North American desert horned lizards have the unusual ability to flood their ocular sinuses with…

A:

Q: Please provide abd explain four example of hybrid zone in animals . How large is the area of…

A: Hybrid zones are regions where the hybrid offspring of two divergent taxa (species, subspecies or…

Q: For each statement about the trees shown below, indicate whether it is TRUE (1) or FALSE (2). These…

A: The evolutionary links between a set of species, animals, or genes are graphically depicted using…

Q: Bipedalism has many selective advantages. However, there is one disadvantage to walking on two feet:…

A: The human birth canal is narrower and more tube-like. Due to bipedalism, human mothers have thinner…

Q: List the evidences of evolution that philippine tarsier is an endemic species.

A: Philippine Tarsiers are basically haplorrhine primates which belongs to the family Tarsiidae.…

Q: Explain the relationship between adaptation and theprocess of biological evolution.

A: The process through which species adapt to their environment is called natural selection. This…

Q: Which statement best explains the evolutionary relationship of birds and butterflies? Bird and…

A:

Q: What type of evolution does a bird have? Divergent, Convergent, or Parallel?

A: According to the question, we have to explain the type of evolution a bird has. Some options are…

Q: Consider the following traits: Opposable thumbs, forward-facing eyes, nails, tactile fingerpads,…

A: A primate is any member of the animal family that includes humans, monkeys, and others.

Q: Central African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus) are two…

A: Evolution can be defined as the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations…

Q: There are two hypotheses to explain the pattern of Human Evolution: 1) Progressive Evolution of a…

A: Since we are so complicated, no one field can truly "understand" us. So, let's examine some of the…

Q: Evolutionary biologists often say that evolution “selects for outcomes” not for the particular…

A: Organisms do evolve based on the environmental causes to sustain in the dynamic and competitive…

Q: Which row below identifies the term used, in an evolutionary sense, to describe the arrangement of…

A: Vertebrates include all fishes, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and mammals. These species are part…

Q: What hypothesis did Alfred Russel Wallace make about the uniquebirds and mammals on either side of…

A: Alfred Russel Wallace proposed the idea of the Wallace line in the Malay archipelago. The Wallace…

Q: Which micro-evolutionary mechanism occurred? Why?

A: The process of microevolution can take place by various ways such as; migration of species from one…

Q: dinosaurs that have a mutation that causes a decreased ability to withstand temperature changes dues…

A: The mutation is always desirable if it offers any sort of survival advantage. If the mutation…

Q: Which of the following statement is TRUE about the structures shown in the picture? * Human Dog Bird…

A: Evolution has different selective pressure on different populations, as a result some structure…

Q: species of wingless insects that apparently have evolved from winged ancestral species

A:

Q: Which of the following evidence is not consistent with the idea that evolution is responsible for…

A: Evolution is the process of a species' features changing over numerous generations through natural…

Q: In many ways, modern human lifestyles are at odds with our bipedal locomotion. At no point in…

A: The development of the modern human as a unique species from the hominid family through progressive…

Q: In studying a species of fish, a structure is discovered that has no apparent function. If this is a…

A: Vestigial structures are anatomical structures of organisms in a species which over a period of time…

Q: new population. Questions Which micro-evolutionary mechanism best describes this event?

A: There are a few basic ways in which microevolutionary change happens. Mutation, migration, genetic…

Q: Place the traits in order of when they evolved. The trait(s) that evolved first should be 1; the…

A: Small canines (Y) AND bowl pelvis (Y):Small canines and a bowl-shaped pelvis are traits associated…

Ecological adaptations

An ecological adaptation is any morphological, physiological, or behavioral trait of an organism that allows it to survive and reproduce in a habitat or ecosystem. Adaptation is a biological mechanism by which an organism gradually gets more acclimated to its surroundings.