TLI4801 ASSIGNMENT 1 2024 DUE TO MARCH 18, 2024

TLI4801 ASSIGNMENT 1 2024 DUE TO MARCH 18, 2024 Which of the following agents of evolution adapts populations to their environments? A. Mutation B. Natural selection C. Nonrandom mating D. Genetic drift - ANSWER B. Natural Selection Which of the following best describes natural selection? A. Chance variations in traits B. The differential survival and reproduction of individuals C. The processes that lead individuals to resemble their parents D. The potential for all species to increase rapidly in number E. The immutability of species - ANSWER B. The differential survival and reproduction of individuals Features that increase the likelihood of survival and reproduction by an organism in a particular environment are called A. Genes. B. Fitness. C. Mutations. D. Adaptations. - ANSWER D. Adaptations Evolution is a _______. A. Fact B. Theory C. Hypothesis D. Conjecture - ANSWER A. Fact Which of the following is not required for evolution by natural selection? A. Time B. Variation C. Genetic inheritance D. Selection E. Sexual reproduction - ANSWER E. Sexual reproduction The key point in Darwin's theory is that the ___________ imposes the conditions that determine the results of selection and thus the direction of selection. A. Parent B. Gene C. Individual D. Environment - ANSWER D. Environment The genetic contribution of an individual to succeeding generations, compared with that of other individuals in the population, is known as A. Variation. B. Microevolution. C. Macroevolution. D. Fitness. - ANSWER D. Fitness. In comparing artificial and natural selection, which of the following statements is true? A. Artificial selection is slower than natural selection. B. Artificial selection is reversible; natural selection is not. C. Artificial selection can produce maladaptive structures, natural selection cannot. D. Artificial selection cannot produce changes as large as changes produced by natural selection. E. In artificial selection, the magnitude of the selection pressure can be varied; in natural selection, it cannot. - ANSWER C. Artificial selection can produce maladaptive structures, natural selection cannot