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1 points QUESTION 9 The longer two populations are kept from interbreeding, the:

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QUESTION 9

The longer two populations are kept from interbreeding, the:

greater the mutation rate will be.

more recessive alleles will be expressed.

greater the chance one will go extinct.

more they will differ from one another in gene pools.

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QUESTION 10

One of the reasons that natural selection works on populations rather than on individuals is that _____________.

Natural selection only brings about macroevolution (which only applies to populations), and not microevolution (which only applies to individuals)

populations are too large for natural selection to have an effect

populations have different genes than do individuals

individuals can develop new alleles, but populations cannot

A population has many generations over which the allele frequency can change, whereas an individual's alleles don't change

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QUESTION 11

Which of the following could be considered a definition of "evolution"?

a change in the genetic makeup of an individual

a change in the physical characteristics of an individual

a change in environmental conditions

a change in the gene pool (sum of the alleles) of a population

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QUESTION 12

A population is ___________.

only groups of animals; plants do not qualify as populations.

all of the organisms in an ecosystem

all of the organisms in a given area

members of the same species in a given area

a.

greater the mutation rate will be.

b.

more recessive alleles will be expressed.

c.

greater the chance one will go extinct.

d.

more they will differ from one another in gene pools.

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1 points QUESTION 9 The longer two populations are kept from interbreeding, the: