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| Which of the following involves the exchange of genes among different populations? |
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| There are many species of closely related Hawaiian honey creepers that vary morphologically and ecologically. This is an example of: |
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| Adaptive radiation into "empty niches" following a single colonization event. |
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| The "fins" of seals, whales, sharks, and fishes can be thought of as a example of: |
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| Convergent evolution of analogous functional structures from non-homologous parts. |
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| According to the law of _____, the phylogenic tree that requires the fewest number of total changes in character is one that most likely represents the real relationship among organisms |
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| Parsimony of Occam's razor |
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| Which type of taxonomic group includes all of the ancestors of the species, but not all descendants of those ancestors? |
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| The type of phylogenetic group that systematists strive to identify and describe is a: |
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| Which of the following is not true of all viruses? |
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| The viral shape that appears to be rod-like is called: |
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| Lytic cycle of bacteriophage |
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| viral DNA is transcribed and translated to produce viral proteins that are used to replicate more viral nucleic acids. The prats self assemble and burst their way out of the bacterium. |
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| Lysogenic cycle of bacteriophage |
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| Viral DNA is integrated into the host cell DNA where it becomes "dormant" until changes induce it to be transcribed to translated. |
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| The bit of viral DNA that is integrated into the host chromosomes is called: |
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| Which two capsid proteins undergo recombination when more than one type A influenza virus infects certain animals? |
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| Hemaglutanin and neuramidase |
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