A restriction in genetic variability caused by a drastic reduction in population size is called a

A. Hardy-Weinberg effect.
B. polymorphic effect.
C. adaptive effect.
D. bottleneck effect.
E. founder effect.


Answer: D

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An organism that contains patches of tissue that vary for a specific characteristic such as a pigment, can be an example of which of the following?

A. Linkage B. Meiotic recombination C. Mitotic recombination D. Translocations E. None of the answers are correct

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Oak trees and many other plant species have years in which they have synchronous production of many progeny by all individuals in a population. This is known as

A. sympatry. B. crypsis. C. semelparity. D. masting.

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The nuclear condition (ploidy) that club fungi

spend most of their lives in is

a. diploid. b. haploid. c. dikaryotic. d. mycokaryotic. e. triploid.

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The associated figure provides support for which of the following processes?


a. secondary succession
b. competitive exclusion
c. coevolution
d. mutualism
e. resource partitioning

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