Exam 12: Processes of Evolution

In the work that they do, a person who studies phylogeny is most like a

Hawaiian honeycreeper diversity is best described as an example of

A mutation that results in the death of the individual is called

The coelacanth is an example of a species that is in

The shift in body weight of sociable weaver birds towards an intermediate body weight is an example of ____ selection(s).

One extreme variation of a phenotype will be found during which type of selection?

When allele frequency changes, a population is said to no longer be in

What event will increase the frequency of a mutation in a population over time?

Rats not resistant to the effects of warfarin do not have enough of which of the following vitamins?

Individuals who are heterozygous for sickle-cell anemia have a greater resistance to

One result of the bottleneck affect can be

A ____ is a structural modification that enables an individual to exploit their habitat more efficiently.

The favoring of the heterozygote within the population is an example of a

What percent of all species that have existed have gone extinct?

Which of the conditions necessary to maintain genetic equilibrium is the least likely to occur in a natural population?

Northern elephant seals are ___ for every allele that has been tested.

The old order Amish in Lancaster County is an example of a population that underwent

Females choosing males with elongated eyestalks over those with short eyestalks is an example of

In a tropical forest some leaves are dark green and some are light green. In a population of caterpillars, homozygous dominant dark green caterpillars thrive eating the green foliage; homozygous recessive light green caterpillars thrive eating light green foliage; heterozygous caterpillars of an intermediate color green are easily seen by birds and eaten, thus there frequency is far less than the dominants or recessives. This is an example of ___ selection.

The original source of new alleles is