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Park:Biological Anthropology
Biological Anthropology, 3/e
Michael Alan Park
The Processes of Evolution

Multiple Choice

Please answer all questions



1

The ability to interbreed and produce fertile offspring is indicative of which grouping?
A)horses and donkeys
B)members of the same niche
C)dogs and foxes
D)members of the same species
2

The environment in which a species lives determines:
A)who that species can mate with
B)the adaptive fitness of a mutation
C)how long that species will last
D)if it will interbreed successfully
3

The origin of a new species is:
A)a process that takes place over time
B)often dangerous and violent
C)detrimental to the environment
D)rapid and inevitable
4

Allele frequency refers to:
A)the percentage of times a particular allele appears in a population
B)the percentage of times a particular allele appears in DNA
C)gene mutations occurring often or in close succession
D)Punnett Square calculations
5

Mutations are:
A)sometimes harmful
B)occasionally neutral
C)now and then selected for
D)all the above
6

Phenotypic variation within a species is produced by:
A)segregation
B)recombination
C)independent assortment
D)all the above
7

Which of the following is an example of gene flow?
A)a horse and a donkey produce offspring
B)a large billed and small billed Darwin's finch produce offspring
C)a Hutterite from one colony and a Hutterite from another colony produce offspring
D)all the above
8

Which of the following is the opposite of gene flow:
A)gamete sampling
B)fission
C)gene pool
D)gene frequency
9

In malarial areas it is better to be:
A)homozygous for sickle cell anemia
B)homozygous for normal hemoglobin
C)heterozygous for sickle cell anemia
D)drenched in bug spray
10

The connection between sickle cell anemia and African Americans is an example of:
A)the founder effect
B)gene flow
C)fission
D)gamete sampling








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