Exam 2: Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change

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Darwin brought the term 'survival of the fittest' into The Origin of Species at the suggestion of:

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Homo erectus had a brain which was how much larger than Homo habilis:

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Multi-level selection is particularly associated with:

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Species of Australopithecus began to appear in the fossil record around:

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Two main reasons that the simple ratios Mendel predicted in breeding experiments frequently do not occur is due to:

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The name given to the minuscule lozenge-shaped bodies responsible for providing energy for the cell via the controlled breakdown of sugars is:

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Genes having more than one phenotypic are called ________whilst characteristics that depend on more than one genes are known as ________ respectively:

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Humans have:

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The three sources of variation in a population that natural selection can work on are:

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Mendel uncovered 3 main findings

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Humans are built from proteins based on:

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The co-efficient of relatedness 'r' between 1st cousins is:

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The process of producing cells with half the number of genes/chromosomes is called:

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Group Selection is associated with:

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A pea plant that with the genotype YY for colour is:

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Anatomically modern Homo sapiens have existed for around:

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The vast majority mutated genes are:

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Put the following in the currently accepted order:

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Humans have:

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According to Dawkins _________ are any entities which are able to make copies of themselves whereas _________briefly carry the former respectively:

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