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BIO312 Final Exam (Evolutionary Biology)
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MCQs on the structure and function of DNA and RNA and how these nucleic acids are used to form proteins, and their importance in genetics and inheritance. Also covers DNA replication, transcription, gene expression, mutation and repair, recombination, molecular techniques, and appropriate molecular models.
 

BIO312 Final Exam (Evolutionary Biology)
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1. What was the contribution of geologist Charles Lyell to the development of evolutionary theory?
2. Which of the following hypotheses on the fate of pre-modern hominin populations in Europe and Asia has more support in the recent studies?
3. Which of the following is true with respect to an outgroup in a phylogeny construction?
4. In a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the frequency of the recessive homozygous genotype (q2) is 0.16 and the frequency of a dominant phenotype (p2 + 2pq) is 0.84. What is the expected frequency of the heterozygous carriers (2pq)?
5. In which of the following taxa does the mature sporophyte depend completely on the gametophyte for nutrition?
6. Which of the following is NOT part of plate tectonics?
7. Choose the best response based on the following scenario: In an isolated population of 500 people, 18% are homozygous recessive for a trait that is governed by two alleles. What is the number of heterozygous people in this population?
8. Evolutionary theory includes which of the following?
9. In addition to Charles Darwin, who is given credit for the idea of evolution by natural selection?
10. What is the historical relationship among lineages or organisms called?
11. When do gene trees and species trees differ in appearance?
12. Which of the following locations had the most impact on Darwin in developing his theory of the origin of species by the means of natural selection?
13. Races of humans are unlikely to evolve extensive differences because:
14. Which of the following is NOT a gymnosperm?
15. Which of the following refers to the situation in which all species in a group share a common ancestor, but not all the species are derived from that common ancestor?
16. The frequency of heterozygotes in a population will be maximized when the dominant allele is present at what frequency?
17. When selection favors heterozygotes over homozygotes:
18. Which of the following is considered to be endothermic?
19. The first animals can be traced back to which geological period?
20. If the frequency of a recessive allele in a population in the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is 0.5, what is the expected percent of this allele in the next generation?
21. The Cambrian Explosion resulted in:
22. Which of the following provide(s) evidence of predator-prey coevolution?
23. Polyploidy is a more common phenomenon in which of the following?
24. Frogs that breed at different times in the same temporary pond are an example of what type of reproductive isolating mechanism?
25. Human infants with intermediate birth weights have a greater chance of survival than those with either higher or lower birth weights. This outcome is an example of _______ selection.

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