A fire devastates all trees in a wide swath of forest. Populations of a species of tree-dwelling frog on either side of the burned area diverge to become separate species. This is an example of _____

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allopatric speciation

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Non-true-breeding hairy-leaved plants are crossed with smooth-leaved plants.

a. What genotypic and phenotypic ratios would you expect for the potential offspring? b. Suppose you perform such a cross, collect data, and do a chi-square test to aid in data analysis. How many degrees of freedom would there be? c. Suppose your chi-square value is very large (>25). What does this indicate about your experiment and/or hypothesis?

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The reactants for cellular respiration are

A. carbon dioxide and glucose. B. glucose and ATP. C. oxygen and ATP. D. glucose and oxygen. E. water and ATP.

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What functional differences exist between various cyclins?

What will be an ideal response?

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What is the three-dimensional shape created by hybrid orbitals that are formed when a carbon atom is covalently bonded with four other atoms?

A. a flat sheet with carbon in the center B. a triangle with carbon in the center C. a cube with carbon in the center D. a tetrahedron with carbon in the center E. All of the above are possible.

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