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Set 12 Evolution Of The Nervous System

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Question 1

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Which of the following is an example of evolution as a result of selection acting on genetic variation?

A) Achromatopsia (extreme sensitivity to light and lack of color vision) becomes widespread among individuals on an isolated island because a common ancestor carried a mutant gene.
B) A random mutation produces a novel odorant receptor that allows a fly to detect a specific fruit, allowing it to monopolize a new food source and produce more offspring.
C) In a small population of birds, more individuals that produce one song variant reproduce than those that produce a different song variant, just by chance.
D) Frog eggs that happen to be laid during a severe drought are much less likely to survive than their siblings that developed in a wetter month.
E) All of the above

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Question 2

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In bacterial chemotaxis, diagrammed in Figure , the CheZ phosphatase rapidly reverses the phosphorylation of CheY by histidine kinase CheA. In bacterial chemotaxis, diagrammed in Figure , the CheZ phosphatase rapidly reverses the phosphorylation of CheY by histidine kinase CheA.   Figure  This activity by CheZ: A) amplifies CheA histidine kinase activity. B) promotes swimming in a straight line. C) promotes tumbling. D) mediates sensory adaptation. E) increases receptor sensitivity. Figure This activity by CheZ:

A) amplifies CheA histidine kinase activity.
B) promotes swimming in a straight line.
C) promotes tumbling.
D) mediates sensory adaptation.
E) increases receptor sensitivity.

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Question 3

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What are some of the parallels between the yeast mating signal transduction pathway and neuronal signaling?

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In both cases, guanine nucleotide exchan...

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