Libbie Hyman's comprehensive study of invertebrates, beginning in the 1940s, was noteworthy for being one of the few major works at the time to ________

A) use Lamarckian evolution to explain the origins of animal phyla
B) use cladistics to resolve invertebrate relationships
C) integrate development with adult morphology to understand adaptation
D) propose gene regulation as an explanation for development
E) explain invertebrate evolution using "macromutations" with large effects


C

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A. X-linked dominant B. X-linked recessive C. Y-linked D. autosomal dominant E. autosomal recessive

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The maximum rate of natural increase of a population that occurs under ideal conditions is the

A. environmental resistance. B. density-independent population. C. biotic potential. D. carrying capacity. E. population growth.

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