Speciation event - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is micro-evolution? - correct answer Changes in allele frequencies within populations, often associated with adaptation, can be measured from one generation to the next "small changes" What is macro-evolution? - correct answer Major changes in the history of life, origin of new species, generates biological diversity "big changes" What is a species? - correct answer a group of populations whose members have the potential to interbreed with one another in nature to produce fertil...

BIOL 102 Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers Latest Update (Graded) Nine months after Krakatau errupted a spider was found on the island. Wilson suggested it arrived at the island by - ANSWER flying/ Ballooning Which species group did Wilson suggests were in dynamic equilibrium a hundred years after the erruption. - ANSWER Birds Which extinction event is associated with the disapperance of the dinosaurs? - ANSWER Cretaceous Multicelluar life is recorded in the fossil record beginnin...

WGU C190 Biology Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A) WGU C190 Biology Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A) WGU C190 Biology Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A) Coevolution Event - ANSWER - The process by which two or more species evolve in tandem by exerting selection pressures on each other Speciation Event - ANSWER - A lineage-splitting event that produces two or more separate species. Phylogenetic Event - ANSWER - The evolutionary development and history of a species or higher...

Homologous genes Answer Genes that share a recent common ancestor based upon phylogenetic analysis Orthologous genes Answer homologous genes that are found in different species that are due to speciation events Paralogous Genes Answer homologous genes that are due to a duplication event in a particular species Brachydactyly Answer Shortness of the digits caused by autosomal dominant allele (BB, Bb) - Short Digits Godfrey Hardy Answer Discovers why Brachydactyly is not more prevalent...

BSC 108 Final Exam | 100% Correct | Verified | 2024 Version What is micro-evolution? - Changes in allele frequencies within populations, often associated with adaptation, can be measured from one generation to the next "small changes" What is macro-evolution? - Major changes in the history of life, origin of new species, generates biological diversity "big changes" What is a species? - a group of populations whose members have the potential to interbreed with one another in ...

BIOL 102 Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update . Which social insect is identified as the most abundant on earth by Wilson? - ANSWER Ants Wilson argues that biodiversity is enhanced and maintained by which of the following? - ANSWER Trees and branches falling periodically falling in the rain forest Wilson argues that science proceeds when - ANSWER new patterns of thought are applied to old facts allowing scientists to interpret the world in a different matter The volcanic event des...

JMU BIO 150: Exam 2 Questions and Answers | 100% Correct Define macroevolution - Answer️️ -evolutionary change above the species level, including the origin of a new group of organisms or a shift in the broad pattern of evolutionary changes over time How do we identify a species? - Answer️️ -groups of actually or potentially interbreeding populations that are reproductivley isolated from other such groups Define reproductive isolation - Answer️️ -cannot produce viable offsprin...

sci 225 exam 2 The three orbital parameters of eccentricity, obliquity, and precession are collectively known as cycles named after this scientist. - correct answer Milutin Milenkovic Name the orbital parameter movement is similar to the movement of a spinning top. - correct answer Precession (Wobble) This orbital parameter changes on a time scale of 41,000 years - correct answer Obliquity (tilt) Interglacial periods seem to align with what amount of tilt of Earth's axis: higher tilt ...

EVE 100 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2023/2024 | 100% Verified. Which of the following are contributions to evolutionary thought made by biometricians? a. They described what later became known as continuous traits. b. They described how geography affects selective forces acting on populations. c. They catalogued diversity in bird phenotypes. d. They developed theories of sexual selection inspired by dramatic bird plumage. e. A and C f. C and D 2) You observe the following ge...

Biology 1108 Final Exam Quiz Questions with 100% pass The term "n" refers to the size of a population, that is, the number of individuals in that population. In general, in a sample of n individuals, the frequency of an allele is: - Correct Answer ️️ -the number of occurrences of the allele divided by twice the number of individuals in the sample (2n) If a population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, we can conclude that: - Correct Answer ️️ -evolution has occurred because on...