Many species of snakes lay eggs. However, in the forests of northern Minnesota, where growing seasons are short, only live-bearing snake species are present

This trend toward species that have live birth in a particular environment is an example of _____. A) an exaptation
B) sexual selection
C) species selection
D) goal direction in evolution


C

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A. RNA is a more stable molecule than DNA. B. RNA has the same 5-carbon sugars as DNA. C. RNA uses the same pyrimidine bases as DNA. D. RNA uses the same purine bases as DNA. E. All of these choices are correct.

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As a result of nondisjunction, an individual with Turner syndrome is genotypically XO, lacking one of the sex-determining chromosomes. Taking this into account, the fusion of the gamete containing the extra chromosome with a normal gamete could result in an individual with the genotype

A) XXX. B) XXY. C) XYY. D) A or B E) A, B, or C

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Salamanders belong to which of the following lineages?

a. Caudata b. Aves c. Squamata d. Gymnophiona e. Anura

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Four of the five answers listed below are cellular. Select the exception

a. viroids b. cyanobacteria c. halophiles d. methanogens e. thermophiles

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