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Chapter 15, Problem 4MC
Which of the following is not required for evolution by natural selection to occur?
- a. Individuals in a population vary.
- b. Offspring inherit traits from their parents.
- c. Thousands of generations must pass.
- d. Some individuals have more offspring than others.
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In Darwin's theory of natural selection, which of the following is a source of evolution:
a.Individuals who do not vary from their progenitors.
b.Intelligent and purposeful design.
c.Individuals with random mutations who are able to reproduce.
d.Individuals with random mutations who die without reproducing.
Which aspect(s) of natural selection is(are) illustrated by the figure below? Check ALL answers that apply.
A.
Variation among individuals must be genetically transmissible to the next generation.
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Variation must exist in a population.
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Variation among individuals leads to differences in lifetime reproductive success.
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More individuals are produced each generation than the environment can support, resulting in competition for survival.
Which of the following conclusions are MOST likely to be supported by genetic evidence? A. Some modern-day organisms did not exist in the past. B. Some organisms found in the fossil record do not currently exist. C. Environmental change affected the fitness of individuals differently based on their traits. D. Some disease-causing traits may remain in a population because their alleles provide an advantage to heterozygotes.
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- What is true about evolution by natural selection? a. It is a largely random process. b. Homology shows that convergence is a useful tool for deducing adaptive function. c. Mothers are invariably members of the same species as their offspring, so selection can never create new species. d. Harmful recessive genes are eliminated more rapidly than harmful dominant genes. e. None of the above is true.arrow_forwardAlfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin argued that evolution by means of natural selection involves all of the following steps except: a. variation is present in all species b. species can produce more offspring than the environment can sustain c. all individuals within a species have equal chances to improve their fitness d. those individuals that are more fit will survive and reproduce in the greatest numbers e. over time, the species will evolve as the more fit individuals replace the less fit individualsarrow_forwardWhich of the following most accurately describes mutations? a. They typically have immediate and impactful evolutionary effects on populations. b. They are required for all populations to evolve. c. They are always deleterious. d. They occur so infrequently that most populations to harbor very little variation.arrow_forward
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