A) uncorrelated characters.
B) equilibrium.
C) local adaptations.
D) population genetics.
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A) A = .6 and a = .4
B) A = .5 and a = .5
C) A = .3 and a = .7
D) A = .4 and a = .6
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A) disequilibrium has occurred.
B) it has lost one of the two alleles that code for a character.
C) the mean value of a correlated character has changed.
D) mutation has added new variation to the population.
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A) indirectly increases a trait that has no effect on survival.
B) directly increases a trait that has a negative effect on survival.
C) is disruptive.
D) is stabilizing.
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A) positively correlated
B) fixated
C) maladaptive
D) plastic
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A) thought that inheritance was fundamentally discontinuous.
B) argued that Mendelian genetics supported Darwin's idea that adaptation occurs through the accumulation of small variations.
C) agreed that evolution proceeded by the gradual accumulation of small changes.
D) believed that genes had no discernible effect on phenotypes.
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A) females are relatively abundant.
B) females are relatively scarce.
C) the sex ratio is skewed toward females.
D) the sex ratio is balanced.
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A) Selection can produce change when no variation is present in a population.
B) Selection cannot change the frequency of different phenotypes.
C) The strength and direction of selection depend on the environment.
D) The strength of selection is determined by dominant alleles.
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A) affected reproductive success.
B) occurs only in stable environments.
C) was not passed down from father to son.
D) made behaviorally flexible males stronger.
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A) Natural selection
B) Hardy-Weinberg forces
C) Mutation
D) Random genetic drift
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A) a = .2 and A = .8
B) a = .4 and A = .6
C) a = .5 and A = .5
D) a = .6 and A = .4
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A) behavioral canalization.
B) behavioral plasticity.
C) behavioral localization.
D) behavioral control.
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A) behavioral plasticity
B) physical constraints
C) genetic drift
D) gene flow
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A) small populations.
B) large populations.
C) medium-size populations.
D) populations out of equilibrium.
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A) behavioral canalization.
B) behavioral plasticity.
C) behavioral localization.
D) both a and
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A) can result in shortened limbs.
B) is caused by the substitution of one allele for another at a single locus.
C) is not a genetically inherited disease.
D) All of the above.
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A) Mutation
B) Selection
C) Recombination
D) Both a and c
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