Comparing the body form of different groups to reconstruct evolutionary history is ____
a. comparative morphology
b. comparative physiology
c. homology
d. morphological divergence
e. adaptive radiation
ANSWER: a
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198 The planktonic form of cnidarians is called a medusa
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Coat color in one breed of mice is controlled by
incompletely dominant alleles so that yellow and white are homozygous while cream is heterozygous. The cross of two cream individuals will produce a. all cream offspring. b. equal numbers of white and yellow mice, but no cream offspring. c. equal numbers of white and cream mice. d. equal numbers of yellow and cream mice. e. equal numbers of white and yellow mice, with twice as many creams as the other two colors.
What can you conclude from this figure?
A) Nematodes have more genes that mustard plants. B) The size of the genome is negatively correlated with the number of genes. C) Mammals tend to have the largest genomes. D) Animals have the largest numbers of genes. 