Preview Bio 3.5, AS 91605 Evolutionary processes and Speciation part 3: Evidence of Evolution

Question 1

Sections of highly conserved DNA that control body formation in most species of animal

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HOX genes

Question 2

Which of the following statements is not derived from Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection?

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Bodily features change over time in response to need and use

Question 3

This type of evidence undergoes recombination and can show hybridisation

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Nuclear DNA

Question 4

The formation of new allele that may be beneficial, neutral or deleterious to the inheritor

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Mutations

Question 5

Body parts of an organism that have same structure but different function (eg pentadactyl limb)

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Homologous structures

Question 6

Body parts of an organism that the same function but have evolved separately in unrelated genus

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Analogous structures

Question 7

______ gets evidence for evolution by studying physical structures of organisms

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Comparative anatomy

Question 8

Where can we get evidence of what long extinct organisms may have looked like?

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Fossil record

Question 9

____ describes the number of offspring produced by an individual compared to the mean number

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Fitness

Question 10

Which type of evidence is passed down the maternal line and doesn't undergo recombination?

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Mitochondrial DNA

Question 11

What is the study of evidence that comes from comparing molecular compounds?

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Molecular biology

Question 12

The study of where a species originated and their dispersal

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Biogeography

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