Allopatric speciation is defined as_________.
A. Speciation that occurs even though populations live within the same geographical area.
B. Speciation that begins with geographic isolation.
C. When parents of different species mate and produce offspring with two different sets of chromosomes.
Ans: B. Speciation that begins with geographic isolation.
You might also like to view...
Propose a series of procedures to determine whether a patient has a urinary tract infection
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is NOT a condition of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
A. No differences in the survival and reproductive success of individuals B. No migration C. No mutation D. Random mating E. All of the conditions listed ARE conditions of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
Before Muller's discovery that radiation induces mutation, scientists had to work on mutations that were found solely by phenotype differences in natural populations
Which of the features of Drosophila made it a fortuitous choice for Morgan and his colleagues? A) having a long life cycle B) especially high rate of mutation C) large number of easily visible phenotypes D) well-known biochemical pathways E) the number of genes with only two alleles
"Engaging in aerobic activity three times each week will reduce cholesterol levels" is a:
A) substantiated explanation. B) testable hypothesis. C) scientific control. D) critical experiment. E) null hypothesis.