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Sexual selection will
a. select for traits that enhance an individual's chance of mating.
b. increase the size of individuals.
c. result in individuals better adapted to the environment.
d. produce more offspring.
e. select for traits that increase fertility.
Different species of frogs mate at different times of the year. This type of reproductive isolation is known as
a. habitat
b. gamete incompatibility
c. behavioral
d. temporal
e. physical or mechanical
The male fiddler crabs of different species wave their claws in a different pattern as part of their mating behavior. This type of reproductive isolation is known as
a. habitat
b. gamete incompatibility
c. behavioral
d. temporal
e. physical or mechanical
A horse (2n=64) and a donkey (2n=62) can mate and produce a mule. How many chromosomes would be in a mule's cells?
a. 64
b. 63
c. 62
d. 32
e. 31
Which of the following could most likely be occurring in a population that is not evolving? (A population in Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium)
a. Mutation
b. Migration
c. Natural selection
d. Random (non-selective mating)
e. Genetic drift
The theory or philosophy that geological processes have constant rates throughout time, and therefore geologic features of Earth have changed and are still changing is known as uniformitarianism and is attributed to
a. Lamarck
b. Hutton
c. Aristotle
d. Lyell
e. Linnaeus