BIOL 3040 : Exam 1 Notes
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Chapter 3 natural selection: droughts can be said to show natural selection, comparing the days it takes to flower from seeds, more modern seeds flowers faster while older generation seeds take longer. Which one of the following statements is true: natural selections works on variation already present in a population, natural selection works on non-heritable traits. Not sure for today"s standard: natural selection and coat color in in the oldfield mouse. Biol 3040 exam 1: variation, heredity. Biol 3040 exam 1: fitness consequences, darker soil, lighter mouse captured more; lighter soil = vice-versa. Which statement described the swallows with the greatest evolutionary fitness: swallow with the most viable offspring has the greatest evolutionary fitness. Biol 3040 exam 1: smaller mass leads to smaller femur diameters due to laws of physics. Evolution of the eye example using mollusks. Some head lice are now resistant to all commonly used pesticide shampoos used to kill them.
