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1. Charles Darwin believed that whole new species originated as a result of
2. Natural selection is of limited effectiveness in preserving new favorable mutations. Why?
3. In physical size, Mycoplasma genitalium is
4. Charles Darwin's view of the species was
5. The term _________ represents a predictive theory of how a species might change with time, whereas the term ________ assumes that nature can create whole new structures and organisms.
6. Francis Crick's theory of directed panspermia states that
7. Could RNA have been the original site of information storage in the primitive cell? A difficult problem with this possibility is that
8. The role of the barbule in the primary flight feather is to
9. Which of the following organisms were not observed by Charles Darwin while reading and voyaging the world?
10. Mycoplasma genitalium is well known for the _________ infections it causes.
11. During the formation of a feather which of the following structures appears as a result of early induction events within the dermal layer of the wing surface?
12. Which of the following is a component structure of a primary flight feather?
13. Francis Crick developed the theory of directed panspermia to address what problem?
14. Which of the following was a fruitless research study in which a new function was observed but no new genetic information was made?
15. Which of the following research programs proved fruitless in its search for new mutations that added new genetic information useful to the orgamism?
16. Which statement below distinguishes the roles that mutation and natural selection play in the evolutionary process?
17. In the evolutionary model, mutation ______ genes that will develop a better organism while natural selection ______ genes that will develop a better organism.
18. Continual (especially cyclic) environmental change has what potential effect on the process of natural selection? Such change
19. Which of the following mutations would not be helpful in generating appropriate structuring for flight feathers? A gene sequence that would
20. Which phrase below best describes an event in feather development that results in the formation of barbs?
21. M. genitalium can adhere to a variety of different human host surfaces by
22. The alleged early earth atmospheric gases as proposed by Miller and Urey are lacking in ______ gas, even though it has been discovered at high levels on planet Venus today.
23. Which of the following phrases best evaluates the naturalistic hypothesis for its value in explaining the origins of new structures like the flight feather?
24. Natural selection is an "expensive" process. This is true because
25. One major problem with the speculation that the origin of life occurred at geothermal vent is that