Lecture quizzes

Question 1

A visual that best represents evolution is …..

Answer 1

a branching tree rooted from a single node

Question 2

T or F, evolution informs us of what is ethical or not based on observations?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Biological evolution involves ____ change across ___ within ___

Answer 3

genetic, time, populations

Question 4

Did Aristotle think species could change over time?

Answer 4

no

Question 5

Linnaeus’ systema naturae and aristotles scala natura were (2 similar one difference)

Answer 5

both tried to classify natural entities
both employed hierarchical structure
scala natura recognized differences among entities but systema natura incorporated relationships among entities

Question 6

The idea that traits acquired by an individual in life via the attraction of nervous fluid could be passed onto offspring is ….

Answer 6

Lamarcks

Question 7

Origin of species published…

Answer 7

Nov 24 1859

Question 8

Which historical figure had ideas similar to Darwins?

Answer 8

Wallace

Question 9

What kind of inheritance did Darwin initially think

Answer 9

Blended

Question 10

Three ingredients required for natsec?

Answer 10

Variation, heredity, fitness consequence

Question 11

mendelian inheritance, controlled by one loci and labrador color are examples of… variation

Answer 11

discrete

Question 12

polygenic inheritance and height are examples of …. variation

Answer 12

continuous

Question 13

Which is species selection?
Higher rate of speciation among small bodied lineages
offspring body size is heritable
large bodied individuals are more likely to be altruistic
faster individuals have higher lifetime reproductive success than slower individuals

Answer 13

higher rate of speciation among small bodied lineages

Question 14

What information is needed for the animal model?

Answer 14

pedigree and phenotypic data

Question 15

Why would a bad allele persist in a population?

Answer 15

results from recurrent mutation

Question 16

mutation selection balance will lead to an increase in the frequency of a deleterious allele over time? T/F?

Answer 16

false

Question 17

A high migration relative to effective population size of a focal population will cause the FST value to approach 1 T/F?

Answer 17

false, we divide by both values in the formula so if migration or effective population size are high than the fixation index will be lower

Question 18

What can a wide cline in a broadly ranged species indicate>**

Answer 18

selection is weak but migration variance is high

high migration and weak selection produce a wide cline
low migration and high selection produce a steep cline

Question 19

What is assortative mating?

Answer 19

sexual selection where individuals with similar phenotypes preferentially mate with eachother