Ontogeny is defined as 
1. Development of embryos 
2. Ancestral history of an organism 
3. Occurence of ancestral traits in an embryo 
4. Presence of rudimentary organs in an organism 

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Complete the analogy 
Desert of America : Cacti :: Deserts of Africa : _____________ 
1. Marsupials 
2. Double coconut 
3. Finches 
4. Euphorbias
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Which of the following is not an example of restricted distribution? 
1. Egg laying mammals 
2. Pouched mammals 
3. Double coconut 
4. Archaeopteryx
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Placental wolf and Tasmanian wolf marsupial exhibit 
1. Adaptive radiation 
2. Divergent evolution 
3. Convergent evolution 
4. Homology 
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Variety of beaks of finches that Darwin found in Galapagos Islands, is an example of 
1. Adaptive radiation 
2. Convergent evolution 
3. Adaptive convergence 
4. Analogous organs 
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Fitness, according to Darwin refers ultimately and only to 
1. Dominance over others 
2. Ability to defend 
3. Strategy for obtaining food 
4. Number of offsprings 
Subtopic:  Additional Theories of Darwin |
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Which one is correctly matched? 
1. Hugo de Vries : Natural selection
2. Darwin : Theory of Pangenesis
3. Pasteur : Theory of continuity of germplasm
4. Mendel : Inheritance of acquired characters
Subtopic:  Darwin's Theory |
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Select the correct statement: 
1. Darwinian variations are small and directionless 
2. Mutations are random and directional 
3. Fitness is the end result of the ability to adapt and get selected by nature 
4. All mammals except whales and camels have seven cervical vertebrae
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The two key concepts of Darwinian theory of evolution are 
1. Fitness 
2. Branching descent 
3. Natural selection 
4. Both (2) and (3) 
Subtopic:  Other Theories of Origin of Life | Darwin's Theory |
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In modern synthetic theory, the unit of evolution is 
1. Genus 
2. Species 
3. Population 
4. Individual 
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