In Britain, with the passage of clean air legislation, the frequency of melanic forms of the peppered moth decreased dramatically. This is called :
1. | saltatory evolution | 2. | retrograde evolution |
3. | reverse evolution | 4. | Antievolution |
An allele that reduces the fitness of organisms is found to decrease very rapidly in a population. Most likely this allele is:
1. recently mutated
2. rare
3. dominant
4. recessive
The persistence of different genotypes in a population through heterozygote superiority is an example of:
1. | mutation | 2. | parallel evolution |
3. | polymorphism | 4. | adaptive radiation |
The set of all genes, or genetic information, in a unit of evolution is called the :
1. genotype
2. polymorphism
3. multiple allelism
4. gene pool
Bryophytes evolved from:
1. Chlorophyte ancestors
2. Tracheophyte ancestors
3. Rhynia-type plants
4. Psilophytons
In allopatric speciation, reproductive isolation is initially caused by:
1. | behavioral barriers | 2. | postzygotic barriers |
3. | geographic barriers | 4. | ecological barriers |
Persons with sickle cell trait are resistant to severe malaria. This shows:
1. heterozygote advantage
2. heterosis
3. punctuated equilibrium
4. reverse evolution
The mammals evolved from:
1. Therapsids
2. Prosimians
3. Platyrrhinis
4. Sauropsids
The most critical evolutionary process, that leads to changes in allele frequencies and favors or promotes adaptation as a product of evolution, is :
1. | Genetic drift | 2. | Gene migration |
3. | Mutation | 4. | Natural selection |
The differential success in the reproduction, of an organism, in a given environment, is :
1. | Adaptation | 2. | Natural Selection |
3. | Adaptive radiation | 4. | Saltatory evolution |