Genetic drift should have a bigger effect on the evolution of small populations.
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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____.
a. monophyletic; an ancestral species and all of its descendants b. polyphyletic; species from different evolutionary lineages c. polyphyletic; an ancestral species and all of its descendants d. paraphyletic; species from different evolutionary lineages e. paraphyletic; an ancestral species and only some of its descendants
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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