Which of the following would be an example of directional selection? 

A. Mutations change the gene frequency of a population.
B. All of the plants on an island are killed by a volcanic eruption.
C. In a forest, the taller oak trees produce twice as many acorns as shorter ones.
D. Mice that were painted with a white stripe by biologists were eaten by predators more often than those that were not painted


C. In a forest, the taller oak trees produce twice as many acorns as shorter ones.

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Sexual dimorphism means that ____________________

a. males are always larger than females b. females are always larger than males c. there is a size difference between males and females d. males tend to be more “showy” than females

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Using the table, which of the viruses has linear, single-stranded RNA?


a. herpesvirus
b. influenza virus
c. retrovirus
d. bacteriophages

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The ___ are the major blood vessels transporting blood to the kidneys.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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In what way are specific DNA sequences of the template amplified in the polymerase chain reaction? In other words, how does one target the target?

What will be an ideal response?

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