Exam 2: Biology and Evolution

How do anthropologists classify the Nez Perce story about Coyote and Wishpoosh?

If a young man has Type A blood, this is his:

Humans are primates.

The average rate of mutation per million is:

Sickle-cell anemia is found in highest frequencies in populations from:

Even prior to Darwin's publication, many European naturalists accepted the idea that life had evolved.

_______________ provides the instruction for the thousands of proteins that keep us healthy every day.

Describe the theory of natural selection.

The complete sequence of human DNA is called the genome.

Scientists have found that carrying sickle-cell anemia (meaning, one is heterozygous) protects the individual from:

An individual's composite physical characteristics are known as the _________________.

Heritable variation constitutes the raw material of _______________.

While human populations are subject to the same laws of natural selection as other species, humans also have extensive and elaborate culture. Choose and discuss two examples of cultural processes that complicate simple environmental adaptation.

The ultimate source of evolutionary change is _______________.

Distinguish analogies from homologies.

Since Type O Blood is co-dominant, a woman with Type O blood knows that OO is her:

The blood protein that carries oxygen is called _______________.

Rice has more genes than humans.

Mendel discovered that offspring inherit a blending of traits from mother and father.

When a gene contains identical alleles it is referred to as _______________.