The first organisms were
1. chemoautotrophs
2. chemoheterotrophs
3. autotrophs
4. eukaryotes
What was the most significant trend in the evolution of modern man (Homo sapiens) from his ancestors?
1. Shortening of jaws
2. Binocular vision
3. Increasing brain capacity
4. Upright posture
Origin of species' was written by
1. Oparin
2. Weismann
3. Lamarck
4. Darwin
Which of the following is the most important precondition for speciation to occur?
(1) Reproductive isolation
(2) A crash of the population size
(3) Adaptive radiation
(4) Random mating
The ultimate source of allelic variations is:
1. Genetic recombinations
2. Mutation
3. Genetic drift
4. Natural selection
People who carry an allele for normal haemoglobin and an allele for sickle cell are resistant to malaria. They are examples of:
1. heteozygote advantage
2. extreme diploidy
3. outbreeding
4. recessive superiority
The unit of evolution is now known to be the:
1. individual
2. family
3. population
4. species
The struggle for existence is a consequence of:
(1) Each organism leaving more organisms than needed to replace itself
(2) Innate competitive tendencies
(3) The inevitable difficulty of coping with climatic conditions
(4) Territories and dominance hierarchies
Darwin believed that a giraffe has a long neck because:
1. a creator designed it that way
2. catastrophes eliminated short neck forms
3. its ancestors stretched their necks to get food
4. ancestral giraffes with longer necks got more food and left more surviving off-springs.
In a population of red (dominant) and white flowers, the flowers of red flowers is 91%. What is the frequency of the red allele?
1. 9%
2. 30%
3. 91%
4. 70%