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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A natural selection and genetic drift
B genetic drift and the founder effect
C mutation and recombination
D homologous traits and interspecific variation
Question #2
A through the mechanism of blending inheritance
B the mechanism of natural selection
C by the principles of Mendelian inheritance and variation hidden as recessive alleles
D individuals behave in ways that benefit other individuals in the group
Question #3
A can be greatly impacted by the environment.
B All of these statements are correct
C a single gene has only a small effect on the phenotype.
D are affected by genes at many loci.
Question #4
A Mendelian
B dominant
C polygenic
D recessive
Question #5
A codominance
B blending
C recessiveness
D dominance
Question #6
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 6
Question #7
A stabilization of gene flow
B equilibrium of population genetics
C founders effect
D enhancement of adaptation
Question #8
A the change in allele frequencies produced by random factors
B the opposite of founder effect
C the change in allele frequencies produced by nonrandom factors
D not evolutionary change
Question #9
A chance loss of alleles in a population
B exchange of genes between populations
C differential reproductive success of individuals
D production of new alleles
Question #10
A the production of new alleles
B differential reproductive success of individuals
C a chance loss of alleles in a population
D the exchange of genes between populations
Question #11
A exchange of genes between populations
B differential reproductive success of individuals
C chance loss of alleles in a population
D production of new alleles
Question #12
A False; migration cannot change gene frequencies
B Individuals move from one population to another
C Individuals from two different populations produce offspring
D Speciation occurs
Question #13
A False; gene flow cannot change gene frequencies
B Individuals from two different populations produce offspring
C Speciation occurs
D Individuals move from one population to another
Question #14
A When X-Men threaten the world
B False; mutations cannot change gene frequencies
C Devolution occurs
D The mutation changes the gene itself and the gene spreads through the population
Question #15
A production of new alleles
B exchange of genes between populations
C differential reproductive success of individuals
D chance loss of alleles in a population
Question #16
A stabilizing selection, directional selection, and disruptive selection.
B mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, and natural selection.
C genetic variation, phenotypic variation, adaptation, and exaptation.
D natural selection, directional selection, and stabilizing selection.
Question #17
A natural selection
B migration
C genetic drift
D genetic shift
Question #18
A Natural selection
B Migration
C Mutation
D Devolution
Question #19
A fitness fusion.
B evolutionary or modern synthesis.
C punctuated equilibrium theory.
D revisionist evolutionary theory.
Question #20
A Scientists have still not defined evolution
B Descent with modification
C A change in gene frequencies from generation to generation
D Survival of the fittest