BIOL 3306 - Exam 1 UH Zufall & Frankino questions with answers

BIOL 3306 - Exam 1 UH Zufall &|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Frankino questions with answers |\ |\ |\




What is evolution? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Any change in the
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heritable traits within a population across generations
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-Evolution does not happen within a single generation
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-Development is not evolution |\ |\ |\




-Traits must be heritable in order to evolve
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-Environmentally induced changes are not heritable |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-Individuals do not evolve |\ |\ |\




-Evolution consists of changes in allele frequencies a population
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parameter


Why is evolution important? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Provides an
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explanation for the diversity of life on the planet
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-Way to explain the similarities and differences among all
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organisms, living and dead |\ |\ |\




What are some of the applications of evolution? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔-Conservation |\




-Origins
-Public Health |\




-Food Production
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-Forensics

, Conservation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Evolution provides context |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



for developing appropriate conservation strategies
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Origins - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Evolution accounts for the
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appearance of humans and reveals our species' biological |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



connections with other living things |\ |\ |\ |\




Public Health - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Studying evolution enables
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the development of effective new ways to protect ourselves
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against constantly evolving pathogens|\ |\ |\




Food Production - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Evolution by artificial
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selection led to domestication of the plants and animals that we
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use today for food
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Forensics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Evolutionary analyses are used
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in court as evidence in rape, murder, and other cases
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How do scientists study evolution? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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Empirical approaches |\




-Theoretical approaches |\




Empirical approaches - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Observation|\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-Manipulation