Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below:
Column I |
Column II |
I. Sickle cell anemia II. Polyploidy III. Darwin finches IV. Tail in humans |
1. Sympatric speciation 2. Balancing selection 3. Adaptive radiation 4. Atavism |
Codes:
I | II | III | IV | |
1. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
2. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
3. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
4. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
What is true about the isolated small tribal populations?
1. | There is no change in population size as they have a large gene pool. |
2. | There is a decline in population as boys marry girls only from their own tribe. |
3. | Hereditary diseases like color blindness do not spread in the isolated population. |
4. | Wrestlers who develop strong body muscles in their lifetime pass this character on to their progeny. |
In allopatric speciation, reproductive isolation is initially caused by:
1. | behavioral barriers | 2. | postzygotic barriers |
3. | geographic barriers | 4. | ecological barriers |
The occurrence of endemic species in South America and Australia is because:
1. | these species have been extinct in other regions |
2. | of continental separation |
3. | there is no terrestrial route to these places |
4. | of retrogressive evolution |
The bones of forelimbs of whales, bats, cheetahs, and men are similar in structure, because:
1. | one organism has given rise to another |
2. | they share a common ancestor |
3. | they perform the same function |
4. | they have biochemical similarities |
One of the important consequences of geographical isolation is:
1. | Random creation of new species |
2. | No change in the isolated fauna |
3. | Preventing speciation |
4. | Speciation through reproductive isolation |
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 |
Speciation that occurs when biological populations of the same species become isolated from each other to an extent that prevents or interferes with gene flow is called as:
1. | parapatric speciation | 2. | cladogenesis |
3. | allopatric speciation | 4. | anagenesis |