BIOL 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Miscarriage, Phenylalanine, Heritability

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Heritability the extent to which variations in a given characteristic (like fur color or size or number of toes) between individuals in a designated group are associated with differences in the genotypes (genetic makeup) of those individuals. Heritability and heritable traits refer to characteristics where variations in that characteristic are associated with differences in the genetic makeup between individuals in a population. For example: if tail length is heritable, that means that variations in tail length (long, medium, short) are due mostly to differences in the genotypes (ll, ll, ll) of individuals in a population. If fur color is not heritable, that means that variations in fur color (black, gray, white) are due completely to influences environmental variables (like temperature, light, nutrients, toxins, etc. ) had on the individuals in that population. It is possible for an offspring to have a heritable variation, but not look like its parents even if no mutations have occurred.

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An organism that is cephalized is probably ___________________.

		bilaterally symmetrical
		is segmented
		is diploblastic
		has a coelom

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QUESTION 33

Cotton-topped tamarins are small primates with tufts of long white hair on their heads. While studying these creatures, you notice that males with longer hair get more opportunities to mate and father more offspring. To test the hypothesis that having longer hair is adaptive in these males, you should _____.

		test whether other traits in these males are also adaptive
		look for evidence of hair in ancestors of tamarins
		determine if hair length is heritable
		test whether males with shaved heads are still able to mate

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QUESTION 34

Which of these is not an animal?

		ctenophore
		poiferan
		choanoflagellate
		cnidaria

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QUESTION 35

What would be the best anatomical feature to look for to distinguish a gastropod from a chiton?

		presence of muscular foot
		presence of a radula
		production of eggs
		number of shell plates

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QUESTION 36

If radial cleavae occurs during development, the animal will be a protostome.

True

False

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QUESTION 37

The "heart" of arthopods is located ______________.

		ventrally
		centrally
		dorsally
		sagitally

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QUESTION 38

Which structure do bivalves use for feeding?

		radula
		ctenidia (gills)
		beak
		foot

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QUESTION 39

Claytonia virginica is a woodland spring herb with flowers that vary from white to pale pink to bright pink. Slugs prefer to eat pink-flowering over white-flowering plants (due to chemical differences between the two), and plants experiencing severe herbivory are more likely to die. The bees that pollinate this plant also prefer pink to white flowers, so that Claytonia
with pink flowers have greater relative fruit set than Claytonia with white flowers. A researcher observes that the percentage of different flower colors remains stable in the study population from year to year. Given no other information, if the researcher removes all slugs from the study population, what do you expect to happen to the distribution of flower colors in the population over time? 22.2

		The percentage of pink flowers should increase over time.
		The percentage of white flowers should increase over time.
		The distribution of flower colors should not change.
		The distribution of flower colors should randomly fluctuate over time.

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QUESTION 40

The water vascular system of echinoderms _____________.

		functions as a circulatory system that distributes nutrients to body cells
		function in locomotion and feeding
		is bilateral in organization, even though the adult animal is not blaterally symmetrical
		is analogous to the gastrovascular cavity of flatworms

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QUESTION 41

In Phylum Mollusca, the fluid of the open circulatory system is called hemolymph.

True

False

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QUESTION 42

You find what you believe is a new species of animal. Which of the following characteristics would enable you to argue that it is more closely related to a flatworm than it is to a roundworm?

		It is a suspension feeder. It is a suspension feeder.
		It has no coelom.
		It is shaped like a worm.
		It has a mouth and an anus.

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QUESTION 43

You observe that a mystery organism in a pond never comes up to the pond's surface. If you are able to catch one of these organisms, bring it to the lab and dissect it, you should find ______________.

		gills
		spiracle
		trachea
		book lungs

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BIOL 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Miscarriage, Phenylalanine, Heritability

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