Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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ISBN: 9780078024207
Author: Mariëlle Hoefnagels Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Write a short essay describing the roles ofmutation, migration, and selection in bringing about speciation.
a. What are the various types of reproductive isolating mechanisms that can lead to speciation?
b. What are the different modes of speciation?
c. Explain how evolution produce the tremendous amount of diversity among organisms.
Which could lead to allopatric speciation by two populations of snail?
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A. creation of a new mountain range between two populations
B. a mutation in all members of one population which prevents gamete fusion between the two populations
C. a change in breeding time of one population
D. a change in mating behavior in one population but not in the other
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Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Ch. 14.1 - What is the relationship between macroevolution...Ch. 14.1 - Prob. 2MCCh. 14.1 - What are some of the challenges in defining...Ch. 14.2 - Prob. 1MCCh. 14.2 - Prob. 2MCCh. 14.3 - Distinguish among allopatric, parapatric, and...Ch. 14.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 14.3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 14.4 - Describe the theories of gradualism and punctuated...Ch. 14.4 - Prob. 2MC
Ch. 14.5 - Prob. 1MCCh. 14.5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 14.5 - Prob. 3MCCh. 14.6 - Describe the taxonomic hierarchy.Ch. 14.6 - What is the advantage of a cladistics approach...Ch. 14.6 - Distinguish between ancestral and derived...Ch. 14.6 - Prob. 4MCCh. 14.6 - How is a cladogram constructed?Ch. 14.6 - Prob. 6MCCh. 14.7 - Prob. 1MCCh. 14.7 - Prob. 2MCCh. 14 - The biological species concept defines species...Ch. 14 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 14 - A mountain range separates a population of...Ch. 14 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 14 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 14 - What type of reproductive barrier applies to each...Ch. 14 - How does natural selection predict a gradualistic...Ch. 14 - Why do species become extinct? Choose a species...Ch. 14 - Which of the groups in figure 1.9 represent...Ch. 14 - On figure 14.20, circle a monophyletic group, a...Ch. 14 - Prob. 1PITCh. 14 - Add fertilization and offspring to this concept...Ch. 14 - Draw pictures of allopatric, parapatric, and...Ch. 14 - Prob. 4PIT
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- What is Sympatric speciation? A) When a population is separated from the main group by a barrier and becomes a new species B) When a population mutates into a new species C) When a population develops into a new species without any physical barriers to isolate themarrow_forwardWhat kind of trait is important to cladistics? a. shared derived traits b. shared ancestral traits c. analogous traits d. parsimonious traitsarrow_forwardWhich process in a hybrid zone increases the likelihood of speciation? A. stability – when a hybrid zone remains the same B. reinforcement – when a hybrid zone widens and fewer hybrids are formed C. convergence – when a hybrid zone narrows and more hybrids are formed D. fusion – when a hybrid zone disappears and separate species fuse into onearrow_forward
- The approach to estimating phylogenetic trees is most like the approach of which species concept? 2) A) Morphological species concept B) Biological species conceptC) Subspecies concept D) Phylogenetic species concept Then explain why the answer is correct and the rest are inccorect.arrow_forwardANSWER THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITY: a. What is Hardy-Weinberg Principle? b. What are the conditions that must be met for genetic equilibrium? LESSON 2 a. What are the various types of reproductive isolating mechanisms that can lead to speciation? b. What are the different modes of speciation? c. Explain how evolution produce the tremendous amount of diversity among organisms. LESSON 3 a. What is scientific classification? b. Why does biologist classify organism? c. Enumerate the scientist and cite their respective contributions in the development of evolutionary thought.arrow_forwardWhich condition is the basis for a species to be reproductively isolated from other members? a. It does not share its habitat with related species. b. It does not exist out of a single habitat. c. It does not exchange genetic information with other species. d. It does not undergo evolutionary changes for a significant period of time.arrow_forward
- What do scientists use to apply cladistics? a. homologous traits b. homoplasies c. analogous traits d. monophyletic groupsarrow_forwardWhich assumption of cladistics is stated incorrectly?a. Living things are related by descent from a common ancestor.b. Speciation can produce one, two, or three new species.c. Traits change from one state to another.d. The polarity of a character state change can be determined.arrow_forwardTo apply parsimony to constructing a phylogenetic tree, (A) choose the tree that assumes all evolutionary changes are equally probable. (B) choose the tree in which the branch points are based on as many shared derived characters as possible. (C) choose the tree that represents the fewest evolutionary changes,in either DNA sequences or morphology. (D) choose the tree with the fewest branch points.arrow_forward
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