A) 4
B) 1
C) 6
D) 2
E) 8
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A) derived from different ancestral genes but have a similar function.
B) derived from the same ancestral gene.
C) found only outside the nucleus in the mitochondrion or chloroplast.
D) derived from different ancestral genes and have different functions.
E) related through environmental natural selection.
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A) Genetic drift
B) Natural selection
C) Sexual selection
D) Neutral variation
E) Gene flow
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A) stabilizing
B) directional
C) disruptive
D) balancing
E) negative frequency-dependent
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A) all individuals of a population.
B) only the female members of a population.
C) those individuals of a population that reproduce and have viable offspring.
D) individuals who are heterozygous for the genes in question.
E) individuals who are homozygous for the genes in question.
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A) A poison ivy vine growing up an oak tree.
B) A small group of Cactus finches living in the Galapagos Islands.
C) An Emperor penguin encountering melting ice due to climate change.
D) A cluster of endangered Venus Flytraps in North Carolina's Green Swamp.
E) A large herd of caribou in Alaska.
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A) no significant patterns of sequence similarity
B) greater sequence similarity within closely related groups
C) greater sequence similarity between distantly related groups
D) the gene for p53 protein originated in Homo sapiens
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A) homologous evolution.
B) convergent evolution.
C) biogeographic evolution.
D) Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
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A) The population is isolated from other populations.
B) Females select males based on secondary sex traits.
C) The population is large.
D) No genotypes within the population have a reproductive advantage.
E) Genetic drift within the population does not change allele frequencies.
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A) the genes that are unique to a species.
B) all the genes in a population.
C) all the similar genes in a gene family.
D) a group of species that look alike but are not located in the same area at the same time.
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A) The HS allele would increase in regions where malaria is prevalent and decrease in regions where malaria is absent or rare.
B) The HS allele would decrease in regions where malaria is prevalent and increase in regions where malaria is absent or rare.
C) Due to balancing selection,the frequency of the HS allele would remain stable in all regions.
D) The HS allele would increase in regions where malaria is prevalent and remain stable in regions where malaria is absent or rare.
E) The HS allele would decrease in regions where malaria is prevalent and remain stable in regions where malaria is absent or rarE.
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