Final Exam Review1

"Gene flow is interrupted by physical separation of populations leading to differentiation"

This is NOT an example of homologies

"Decreasing species richness with increasing latitude"

Homologies are the features that have been inherited from common ancestors

"Body size increases with increasing latitude"

Historically, organisms are classified by...

"Large areas that preserve biodiversity during periods of environmental change"

Tree with the most number of steps is likely the correct tree (parsimony)

___ inherited change in the properties of populations of organism over the course of generations

Plants use _______ light in photosynthesis

Which of the following is NOT a potential mechanism of sympatric speciation?

"The logic for estimating phylogenies"

"Process by which one specie splits into two or more species"

"System of classifying organisms and determining their evolutionary relationship"

"Species latitudinal range increases with increasing latitude"

Which genes control the development of major body sections in the animal kingdom?

Evolution cannot occur without ____ in the population

___ is the evolution of similar features independently in different evolutionary lineages.

Xylem conducts water from leaf to root

"Evolutionary history of a species or group of species"

Which is NOT an example of abiotic processes?

"Restriction of a species' range to a circumscribed area"

An allele that increases in male-male competition leads to a rapidly increase in ____

Which factors lead to the growth and decline of populations? (Select all that apply)

"Complete area over which individuals of a particular species occurs"

Phylogenies portray ____ not _____

"Evolution of similar features independently in different evolutionary lineages"

Which of the following organisms have a symbiotic relationship between photosynthetic algae and fungi?

Protozoans that feed exclusively on other organisms

___ is a factor that determines the rate of growth of a population

Fungi are most closely related to

Types of groups: "All the descendants of a particular common ancestor"

Types of groups: "Include members that do not belong to the same common ancestor"

Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms

Types of groups: "All descendants of a common ancestor except from a member of the group"

____ existence of biological factors (barriers) that impede members of two species from interbreeding.