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Week 16 Quiz
Question 1 of 10
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clade
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polytomy
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parsimony
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scientific name
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taxon
Question 2 of 10
The only taxonomic name not capitalized is the
________.
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domain
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kingdom
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species
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genus
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family
Question 3 of 10
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skin and follicle covering
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number and arrangement of bones
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blood vessel and lymph circulation
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distance from trunk and width of appendage
Question 4 of 10
Organisms in a specific clade would not only have
structural features in common, but also share what other types of features?
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same number of genes
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molecular
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habitat
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behaviors
What is the proper way of writing the scientific name
for humans?
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homo sapiens
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Homo Sapiens
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homo Sapiens
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Homo sapiens
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Homo Sapiens
Question 6 of 10
When a gene is passed to bacteria of a different
species that brings with it an important feature, the resulting bacteria would
provide complications in determining ________.
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fitness
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phylogenies
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survival
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descendents
Question 7 of 10
Since phylogenetic trees are essentially ________,
they are subject to revision as new information is obtained
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hypotheses
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unkowable
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theories
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difficult to construct
Evidence has been gathered over the years that
indicate mitochondria and chloroplasts were once bacteria. This idea is termed
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the eukaryote-first hypothesis
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the origins issue
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the endosymbiont theory
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the web of life
Question 9 of 10
The idea of maximum parsimony derives from the
assumption that traits are more likely to be passed down from an ancestor
rather than ________.
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newly developed
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originating in a common ancestor
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passed down from descendants
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always present
What type of event is usually associated with each
branch on a phylogenetic tree?
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mutational disruption
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morphological convergence
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the evolution of a new feature
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the formation of a vestigial structure
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