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Quiz 2 Bio 100 Essay

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EVOLUTION and NATURAL SELECTION (30 pts) a. What is a mutation? Provide 3 examples of different mutations causing specific diseases in human population. For each example explain what kind of mutation that is (ie. A point substitution, a chromosomal duplication etc).

Mutation is a genetic mistake(s) that occur during DNA replication. 1. Progeria accelerated aging; mutation in the LMNA gene 2. Hypertrichosis excessive hair on the shoulders, face and ears; implicate it to a rearrangement of chromosome 8. 3. Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disorder born without an effective immune system. b. Why is genetic drift more significant for small populations?

The small population numbers would have resulted in specific …show more content…

You need to look through your course materials and online. Compare the once you see, pick the one you consider most convincing. Provide a reference or references (if you decide to combine two together) and one sentence of explanation why you picked that one.
A species is often defined as a group of individuals that actually or potentially interbreed in nature. In this sense, a species is the biggest gene pool possible under natural conditions. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VADefiningSpecies.shtml

b. What is binomial nomenclature? Provide 3 examples, at least one of them should be prokaryotic, and at least on eukaryotic.
The system of nomenclature using two terms, the first one indicating the genus and the second the species. 1. Homo sapiens 2. Canis lupus 3. Cucurbita maxima c. Discuss convergent evolution in terms of homologous features.
Convergent evolution contrast with homologous features. Convergent evolution are same biological traits in unrelated lineages. Homologous has common origin. Birds and bats have wings physical restraint but are capable for movement, where humans uses our limbs however we have restraint on how are limbs bend or extend. Wings were modified from limbs. d. Archaea were placed in a separate domain very recently. What kind evidence was used to cause such a significant change in Taxonomic categorizing?
They live in the most extreme environments. REPRODUCTION (15 pts)

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