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Introductory Biology

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Set 13 Processes Of Evolution

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Question 1

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In 2000, 87 percent of the wild rat populations in Stadtlohn, Germany, was resistant to the poison bromadiolone. This indicates that ____was/were commonly used as rat poison(s) here, and the rat's resistance is an example of ____ selection.

A) warfarin; directional
B) bromadiolone; directional
C) both warfarin and bromadiolone; disruptive
D) neither warfarin nor bromadiolone; stabilizing
E) bromadiolone; disruptive

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Question 2

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​Any change in allele frequencies in a gene pool is called ____.

A) ​natural selection
B) ​macroevolution
C) ​microevolution
D) ​mutation
E) ​artificial selection

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Question 3

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​In sexually reproducing species, genetic variations are not passed onto offspring via ____.

A) ​mutation
B) ​crossing over
C) ​independent assortment
D) ​fertilization
E) ​mitosis

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