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ANTHROPOLOGY EXAM 3 WVU WITH CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS what makes us human? Bipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism stresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls Early hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Homo. Childhood dependency Compared with the young of other primates, human children h...

Bio 120 - Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+ Synapomorphy A shared derived character or trait state that distinguishes a clade from the other organisms. Analagous Having characteristics that are similar because of convergent evolution, not homology. Homologous Similarity in characteristics resulting from a shared ancestry. Porifera Sponges No true tissues Mostly marine, aquatic Asymmetric 2 germ layers (endoderm and ectoderm) No coelom Sessile Sessile Attached direc...

Biology 1M03 Final Exam Practice Questions And Answers Interpret this statement: Extinct fossil species are typically succeeded by similar living species - ANS Extinct and living forms represent ancestors and descendants Which is an example of developmental homology a) gene content b) similar organismal structures c)vestigial traits d) similar embryonic traits - ANS d) Which is not one of Darwin's 4 Postulates: a) Individuals in a population vary in their traits b) These...

BIO 182 Exam Questions with Correct Answers The similarity of bone structure in the forelimbs of many vertebrates is an example of A) analogy B) homology C) digitality D) convergence - Answer-B) homology Which of the following provides evidence that modern species have evolved from prior species? A) the fossil record B) the anatomical record C) the molecular record D) All of the above - Answer-D) All of the above An example of convergent evolution is: A) Australian marsupials and pl...

what makes us human? : Bipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism : stresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls : Early hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Homo. Childhood dependency : Compared with the young of other primates, human children have a long period of childhood dependency, du...

TAMU Biology 112 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Aristotle - Answer- Scala naturae Linnaeus - Answer- Binomial nomenclature Darwin - Answer- Fossils, strata Cuvier - Answer- Strata, extinction, Opposed evolution, catastrophic events caused extinction Hutton and Lyell - Answer- Gradualism, continuous geological growth, earth is OLD Lamarck - Answer- Use it or lose it, we get bigger and better, Adaptations - Answer- Inherited characteristics that enhance survival and reprod...

E. coli RNA Polymerase II - Answer DNA template, product: mRNA RNA Polymerase I - Answer DNA template Location: Nucleous Products: 18s, 5.8s, 28s rRNA RNA Polymerase II - Answer DNA template Location: Nucleus Products: mRNA, snRNA RNA Polymerase III - Answer DNA template Location: Nucleus Product: tRNA, 5s rRNA, snRNA Mitochondrial RNA Polymerase - Answer DNA template, product: mRNA Mammalian DNA polymerase α - Answer DNA template, product: primers HCV RNA Polymerase - Answer RNA template, prod...

Criteria for natural selection - Answer variation, heritable, influences fitness natural selection acts on __________ and evolutionary change acts on _____________ - Answer individuals, populations Artificial selection - Answer driven by humans selectively breeding How fast/far can artificial selection go? - Answer FAST -depends on how many genes -how much the phenotype is controlled by the environment FAR -presence of deleterious trade offs -limits of the genetic variation availab...

Praxis II Biology Content (5235) Questions and Answers 100% Pass Darwinian fitness is largely defined by: The ability to survive, reproduce, and pass on one's genes Look for evidence of contribution to more than one _____________ to determine better Darwinian fitness Generation A scientific theory is an explanation that is generally: Broad in scope, supported by a large body of evidence, and that can serve as the basis for a new hypothesis and experimentation Each gamete will contain one mem...

CMMB 403 final examwhat does CRISPR use in order to generate changes in genome? is CRISPR forward or reverse genetics? - correct answer - nuclease - 20 nucleotide RNA sequence to target specific sites in the genome - reverse genetics what is the role of Cas9 in CRISPR - correct answer endonuclease that catalyzes double stranded breaks what are the two repair paths cells can use to repair double stranded breaks from CRISPR-Cas9 - correct answer 1. non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) - n...