Adaptation and Natural Selection

Question 1

Segregation

Answer 1

alternative alleles for the same gene segregate independently

Question 2

Independent Assortment

Answer 2

genes located on different (non-homologous) chromosomes assort independently of each other

Question 3

Dihybrid Ratio

Answer 3

9:3:3:1

Question 4

Geneotype = phenotype?

Answer 4

FALSE!

Question 5

Genes retain _____ through inheritance

Answer 5

identity

Question 6

genes mutate to form…

Answer 6

alternative alleles

Question 7

evolution is a ______ process

Answer 7

populational

Question 8

mutation rates are _______ to effect evolutionary change

Answer 8

too low

Question 9

evolution by natural selection requires…

Answer 9

1) variation in some attributes/traits
2) relationship between trait and survival
3) inheritance

Question 10

What are the 5 theories included within Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution?

Answer 10

1) evolution as such
2) common descent
3) gradualness
4) populational speciation
5) natural selection

Question 11

Evolution by natural selection produces…

Answer 11

• shifts in population means of the trait value, within a generation
• changes trait frequencies between generations

Question 12

Evolution by natural selection and origin of species

Answer 12

ecological speciation