Which law/rule negates the generalization of the biogenetic law given by Ernst Haeckel?

1.Allen rule2.Bergman’s rule
3.Gause’s law4.von Baer’s law

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For natural selection to bring about evolution, the trait selected by the nature must be:

1.  Dominant 2.  Recessive
3.  Mutant 4.  Inherited
Subtopic:  Natural Selection |
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Biochemical evidence for evolution assumes that the more recently two species shared a common ancestor, the more alike their:

I:  stained chromosome bands.
II:  DNA sequences.
III:  protein sequences.

1.Only I and II2.Only I and III
3.Only II and III4.I, II, and III

Subtopic:  Biochemical Evidences |
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Speciation that occurs when biological populations of the same species become isolated from each other to an extent that prevents or interferes with gene flow is called as:

1.parapatric speciation2.cladogenesis
3.allopatric speciation4.anagenesis

Subtopic:  Concept of Speciation |
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Allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of all the following evolutionary influences, except:

1.Random mating2.Mutations
3.Natural selection4.Gene flow

Subtopic:  Sources of Variation |
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The wings of bats and birds are:

1.  convergent functionally but not anatomically
2.  convergent both functionally and anatomically
3.  convergent neither functionally nor anatomically
4.  divergent functionally and anatomically

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A chemical experiment that simulated the conditions thought at the time to be present on the early Earth and tested the chemical origin of life under those conditions was performed by:

1.Georges Cuvier2.Francesco Redi
3.Alfred Russell Wallace4.Stanley Miller

Subtopic:  Urey & Miller Experiment |
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All the following are true regarding Homo erectus except:
1. Fossils were discovered in Java
2. Lived around 2.5 mya
3. Had a brain capacity of about 900 cc
4. Probably ate meat

Subtopic:  Introduction to Human Evolution |
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The change in the frequency of an existing gene variant in a population due to random sampling of organisms is known as:

1.Saltation2.Adaptive radiation
3.Genetic drift4.Gene flow

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Embryological support for evolution was proposed by:

1.Ernst Heckel2.Karl Ernst von Baer
3.Charles Darwin4.Alfred Wallace

Subtopic:  Embryological Evidence of Evolution |
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