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Buchert Ch 15 and 16 Test

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5 Matching Questions

  1. natural selection
  2. artificial selection
  3. genetic equilibrium
  4. hardy-weinburg principle
  5. struggle for existence
  1. a another name for survival of the fittest
  2. b selection by humans for breeding of useful traits from the natural variation among different organsims
  3. c members of each species compete regularly to obtain food living space and other necessities of life
  4. d situation in which allele frequencies remain constant
  5. e allele frequencies in a population remain constant unless one or more factors cause those frequencies to change

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. when two populations are separated by geographic barriers
  2. allele frequencies change due to migration of a small subgroup
  3. change over time
  4. ends higher fitness than middle
  5. when the members of two populations cannot interbreed and produce fertile offspring

5 True/False Questions

  1. gene poolall genes including all the different alleles present in a population

          

  2. survival of the fittestcontrolled by one gene that has two alleles

          

  3. homologous structuresstructures that have different mature forms but devolp from the same embryonic tissues

          

  4. genetic driftrandomn change in allele frequency

          

  5. directional selectionselection by humans for breeding of useful traits from the natural variation among different organsims