Briefly explain the significance of one of the following fossil primates:Aegyptopithecus, Proconsul, and the

Dryopithecines. What will be an ideal response?


The Aegyptopithecus fossil revealed a cat-size, forest-dwelling arboreal monkey with few
apelike characteristics that lived 434 mya.
Proconsul lived about 20 mya and had a larger brain than a monkey, apelike teeth, and diet
(fruit) but monkeylike body. Proconsul was a transition arthropoid that had limbs and body
proportions of a monkey but lacked a tail like apes
Dryopithecus is an advanced chimp-size ape that may have been ancestral to modern hominoids. Dryopithecus lineage may have lived 15 mya and led to modern apes as well as
humans.

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Identify and briefly describe the function of the labeled structures in the human eye pictured here. A:________B:________C:________D:________E:________F:________G:________H:________I:________J:________

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Which cytoskeletal proteins are important constituents of the contractile structures that form the cleavage furrows involved in animal cell cytokinesis?

A) actin B) dynein C) tubulin D) myosin

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The exome refers to the _________________

A. portion of the genome that encodes proteins B. portion of the genome that contains introns C. portion of the genome that contains regulatory sequences D. entire genome E. guanine based genes

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