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Question 1.
A study of a population of Eastern bearded dragons, Pogonabarbata, found that lizards killed by a common predator, dingos, had shorter "beards" than surviving lizards.
A. Describe how evolution by natural selection on beard length occurs in this population.
B. Explain which type of selection is acting on beard length and why. How could we demonstrate that short beard length is an adaptation?
C. A researcher wants to compare beard length and its effect on predator evasion in bearded dragons. They are going to compare Eastern bearded dragons to a close relative, the Pygmy Bearded Dragon, Pogonahenrylawsoni, using the comparative method. Why should the researcher include at least one more species in their study?
Question 2.
As an undergraduate, Marcell was required to memorize the attached phylogeny in preparation for the first midterm (and final) of the evolution course at CSULB. Fortunately, you are NOT required to know this tree. Instead, you will use it to answer the following questions in this essay assignment
A. What phylogeny term learned in lecture would you use to describe the group containing Annelida, Mollusca, and Arthropoda?
B. What phylogeny term learned in lecture would you use to describe the group containing Primates, Lagomorpha, Dermoptera, and Scandentia?
C. It may be useful to compare Monotremes to other mammals because Monotremes are the :
D. What phylogeny term would you use to describe the internal node between Anura, Amphibia Caudata, and Gymnophiona?
Question 1.
A. Bearded lizards such as Pogona barbata use their beard to appear bigger and to scare or intimidate their predators. In the given situation, lizards with shorter beards may have failed to drive away dingos, their predators, while the lizards with longer beards successfully drove away their predators.
B. Stabilizing selection, which decreases genetic diversity, is the most probable type of selection acting on beard length of Pogona barbata and, because of this, natural selection will tend to favor those who are able to drive away their predatorswhich are the lizards with longer beards.
C. Two-species comparative studies is the most common type of comparative studies. However, comparing multiple, closely related species and extracting data from these will enhance comparative analysis.
Question 2.
A. Protostomia
B. Glires
C. Polytomy