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To differentiate: Divergence and gene flow.
Introduction: The accumulation of variations in a closely-related species leading to
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To differentiate: Homologous and analogous structures.
Introduction: The structures having same anatomical structure but different function are known as homologous structure. The structures having same function but different anatomical features are known as analogous structure.
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- A monophyletic group is a ______. a. phylogenetic tree b. shared derived trait c. character state d. cladearrow_forwardPopulation genetics is the study of ________. a. how allele frequencies in a population change over time b. populations of cells in an individual c. the rate of population growth d. how genes affect embryological developmentarrow_forwardcompare and contrast between the following a) allopatric speciation and sympatric speciation. b) autopolyploid speciation and allopolyploid speciation c) natural selection and sexual selectionarrow_forward
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