Variation Among Individuals - Evolutionary Analysis | Biology+

Course

Evolution

Study Pack

Set 1: A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV

Set 2: The Pattern of Evolution

Set 3: Evolution by Natural Selection

Set 4: Estimating Evolutionary Trees

Set 5: Variation Among Individuals

Set 6: Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation

Set 7: Mendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Drift, & Nonrandom Mating

Set 8: Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and Sex

Set 9: Evolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics

Set 10: Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function

Set 11: Sexual Selection

Set 13: Aging and Other Life-History Characters

Set 14: Evolution and Human Health

Set 15: Phylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of Adaptation

Set 16: Mechanisms of Speciation

Set 17: The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution

Set 18: Evolution and the Fossil Record

Set 19: Development and Evolution

Set 20: Human Evolution

Set 5 Variation Among Individuals

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Set 5 Variation Among Individuals

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Genes that are derived from a common ancestral sequence,and are separated by a speciation event such as the RNASE1 gene in douc langur monkeys and the RNASE1 gene in humans,are described as ________.

A) duplicated genes
B) orthologous genes
C) homologous genes
D) paralogous genes
E) derived genes

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(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following is NOT one of the types of variation that occurs within individuals?

A) genetic variation
B) environmental variation
C) normalizing variation
D) genotype-by-environment variation

Answer

(Essay)

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What DNA modifications characterize epigenetic marks?

Answer

Attachment of methyl groups to...

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