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BIO 206 Final Exam 2024 Questions and Answers 100% Correct
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BIO 206 Final Exam 2024 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectBIO 206 Final Exam 2024 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectBIO 206 Final Exam 2024 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectBIO 206 Final Exam 2024 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectHomoplasy - ANSWER-A similar (analogous) structure or molecular sequence that has evolved independently in two species. 
 
Problems with Homoplasy - ANSWER-It can create an unpredictable gain or loss of a specific trait over time and during the evolution of new specie...
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Pre-lab 1 (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) University of California, Davis BIS 2C 002C
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Question 1. What two things do nodes represent on phylogenies? 
Nodes represent the most recent common ancestor of two or more descendant 
lineages and represent a speciation event. 
Question 2. Compare the branching patterns of phylogenies 1-3 above. Which 
statement below correctly describes the patterns among trees 1-3? 
Tree 1 = Tree 2 
Question 3. Which node represents the MRCA for taxa F and G? 
3 
Question 4. Which taxon or taxa is/are the sister group to E + F? 
D, G, H 
Question 5. If y...
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Homoplasy Correct answer-A similar (analogous) structure or molecular sequence that 
has evolved independently in two species. 
Problems with Homoplasy Correct answer-It can create an unpredictable gain or loss of a 
specific trait over time and during the evolution of new species 
Slowly evolving genes Correct answer-Useful for distantly related species 
Rapidly evolving species Correct answer-useful for closely related species 
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bio 162 final (LCCC) exam questions & answers 2024 
 
 
What is the primary reason protists and bacteria are grouped into different domains? - ANSWERSbacteria lack a nucleus but protists have a nucleus 
 
What is the science of describing, categorizing and naming organisms? - ANSWERStaxonomy 
 
If you were using cladistics to build a phylogenetic tree of cats, which of the following would be the best outgroup? - ANSWERSwolf 
 
The mold that produces penicillin is Penicillium notatum. Penicillium...
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Binghamton Bio 114 exam 2 FINAL EXAM Questions and Answers 2024
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Taxonomic hierarchy - a system of classifying and naming species for the purpose of understanding and establishing relatedness between species or larger groupings 
 
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species 
 
What words are used to name the individual type of organism? - Genus and Species 
 
Super and Sub prefixes - used to further describe refinement of groupings above and below a certain level 
 
3 criteria for designating species: Boys Make Pasta - biological, morphological, phylogen...
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the purpose of the development of a vacuole is correct answers digest food, regulate excess water and regulate internal environment 
 
if a virus that normally infects cells in the lining of an elephant's lungs enters a rhinoceros correct answers it cannot infect the rhinoceros because a virus is specific to a cell type and a species 
 
photoheterotrophs get their energy from blank and their carbon source is correct answers light carbon source 
 
chloroplast arose twice on a phylogentic tree ma...
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BIO 103 Final Study Guide (18, 23, 24, 25, 26) Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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BIO 103 Final Study Guide (18, 23, 24, 
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What is a change that occurs in an organism over time to enhance its survival and reproductive 
success? 
 
 An evolutionary adaptation. 
 
What causes similarities in characteristics between different species? 
 
 Homoplasy, which is the result of convergent evolution rather than common descent. 
 
What allows a population to change over time? 
 
 Natural selection. 
 
What are two geological processes common ...
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Life: The Science of Biology, Ninth Edition Sadava • Hillis • Heller • Berenbaum CH 22 Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies
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1.	Which of the following properties of HIV makes it difficult to trace the source of the virus from one person to the next? 
a.	The transmission of the virus involves very few (often just one) viral particles. 
b.	HIV evolves very slowly within the host. 
c.	The host can have a genetically diverse population of viruses. 
d.	Molecular phylogenies of viruses cannot be constructed. 
e.	None of the above 
Answer: c 
Textbook Reference: 22.0 Phylogenetic trees in the courtroom 
Page: 464 
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Bis 2c Lab Practical UC Davis test with 100- correct answers
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which are not cephalized 
mussels, clams, 
 
 
 
Hemimetabolous 
(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult 
 
 
 
 
holometabolus 
dramatic change 
 
 
 
Cnidaria 
cnidocytes, radial symetry, incomplete gut, sting, anemonies, jellies, 
 
 
 
monophyletic 
ALL descendants came from one common ancestor 
 
 
 
paraphyletic 
Pertaining to a group of taxa that consists of a common ancestor and some, but not all, of its descend...
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BIO 211- Iowa State University Biederman - Exam 1 Questions And Answers Rated A+
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"Biologists practice evidence-based decision making." This statement means that: 
Biologists start by stating a hypothesis and a null hypothesis, without making prior observations because 
that might lead to bias. 
Biologists select between a hypothesis and a null hypothesis based on careful thought without data 
Biologists select between a hypothesis and a null hypothesis based on experiemental or observational 
data 
Only careful experimentation allows biologists to select between a hypothes...
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