Kin selection is a form of natural selection in which ____
a. dominant individuals share resources disproportionately with their close relatives
b. individuals help relatives only if they are likely to return the favor in the future
c. group members sacrifice their own reproductive success to help individuals who are not
their direct descendants
d. shared alleles for altruism are perpetuated if the assisted animals produce more offspring
than the helper could have produced if he had not helped
e. shared alleles for altruism are perpetuated if the helper produces more offspring than the
relatives that he aids
D
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the spindle equator during a. metaphase I. b. telophase I. c. prophase II. d. metaphase II. e. anaphase II.
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In an inherited form of high cholesterol, rr individuals have a blood cholesterol level greater than 500 mg/dL, Rr individuals are near 300 mg/dL, while normal (RR) cholesterol levels should be less than 200 mg/dL. The R allele is ___ to the r allele. Select one:
a. dominant b. homozygous c. incompletely dominant d. codominant e. recessive
Weakened bones can result from an oversecretion of the
A. thyroid gland. B. adrenal gland. C. pancreas. D. parathyroid gland.