What factors contribute to genetic variation in populations?

What will be an ideal response?


The factors include crossing over and independent assortment during gamete production, new combinations arising as a result of fertilization, and mutations.

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This is a structure at the head of a sperm cell that allows it to penetrate an egg cell

a. acrosome b. labia c. centriole d. cortical granule e. somite

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How long ago did the hominid evolutionary line

diverge from that leading to the great apes? a. about 3 million years ago b. between 10 million and 5 million years ago c. during the Eocene epoch d. less than 2 million years ago e. about 1.5 million years ago

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Which statement about endochondral bone development is true?

a. Ossification begins in the diaphysis and later occurs in the epiphyses. b. Bones develop from a noncartilage connective tissue scaffold. c. Most bones of the skull undergo endochondral bone development. d. Only the periosteum undergoes endochondral bone development. e. Osteoclasts are the bone-building cells of endochondral bone development.

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All of the following genera are considered resident microbiota of skin sites, except

A. Mycobacterium. B. Corynebacterium. C. Micrococcus. D. Escherichia. E. Staphylococcus.

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