How does the fact that the mosquito is often a vector of disease relate directly to its method of
obtaining food?
What will be an ideal response?
The mosquito is classified as a fluid feeder because the females obtain the blood of other animals as
one of its food sources. It is this practice of obtaining blood from various animals that has the
capability of spreading blood-borne pathogens from one animal to another.
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When systematists compare vertebrates to all other animals, the absence of a vertebral column is the ____ character
state and the presence of a vertebral column is the ____.
a. homologous; homoplasy b. ancestral; homology c. homologous; derived d. derived; ancestral e. ancestral; derived
Identify the stage of mitosis in photo E
a. interphase b. prophase c. metaphase d. anaphase e. telophase
The contractile unit of a skeletal muscle fiber is a(n) ____
a. myofibril b. sarcomere c. myosin filament d. actin filament e. Z line
In constructing phylogenetic trees, it is useful to think of monophyletic groups as being defined by ________
A) apomorphies B) plesiomorphies C) synapomorphies D) clades