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For Each Statement, Select the Best Choice That Represents the Description

Question 38

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For each statement, select the best choice that represents the description given.

Premises:

Responses:

the presence of antlers on male deer but not on female deer

character

bacterial populations evolve resistance to antibiotics via new traits that arise by mutation

cladogram

a quantifiable, heritable characteristic

balanced polymorphism

the grouping of species on the basis of shared characteristics

dimorphism

evolutionary tree diagram that shows hypothesized of evolutionary relationships among a group of clades

c lade

group of species that share a set of characteristics

cladistics

evolutionary history of a species

microevolution

illustrated by the persistence of the sickle-cell allele in areas with high rates of malaria

phylogeny

inbreeding, or mating between closely related individuals, can lead to homozygosity of an allele in all members of a population

c haracter

fixed allele

Premises:

the presence of antlers on male deer but not on female deer

bacterial populations evolve resistance to antibiotics via new traits that arise by mutation

a quantifiable, heritable characteristic

the grouping of species on the basis of shared characteristics

evolutionary tree diagram that shows hypothesized of evolutionary relationships among a group of clades

group of species that share a set of characteristics

evolutionary history of a species

illustrated by the persistence of the sickle-cell allele in areas with high rates of malaria

inbreeding, or mating between closely related individuals, can lead to homozygosity of an allele in all members of a population

Responses:

character

cladogram

balanced polymorphism

dimorphism

c lade

cladistics

microevolution

phylogeny

c haracter

fixed allele

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

character

cladogram

balanced polymorphism

dimorphism

c lade

cladistics

microevolution

phylogeny

c haracter

fixed allele