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What does Neo-Darwinism emphasise as the driving force of evolution?

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Important Questions on Evolution

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During evolution _____ evolved into first amphibians.
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Correct and rewrite the statements by changing the biological term that is underlined in the statement:

The theory of Inheritance of acquired characters was proposed by Watson and Crick.

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According to reproduction and evolution, would it be fair to state that different kinds of cells have the same origin?
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According to August Weismann's germ plasm theory, which part of an organism carries hereditary information?
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Penicillin drug was used for most bacterial infections. But it is not so effective nowadays. What are the possible reasons?
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With the help of an algebraic equation, how did Hardy-Weinberg explain that in a given population, the frequency of occurrence of alleles of a gene remains the same?

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While creation and presence of variation is direction less, natural selection is directional as it is in the context of adaptation. Comment.

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What is Weismann theory?

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Identify the incorrect statement among the following
1) Fore limbs in mammals such as bat, chetha, whale and man is an example of adaptive divergence
2) Malthus stated that the population does not grow exponentially because of limited resourses
3) Hugo de Vries stated that evolution is a directional process
4) Organism with shorter life span evolve faster than the organism with longer life span
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How did Darwin's view on evolution differs from that of de Vries?
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According to de Vries, what is saltation?
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Hugo de Vries gave the mutation theory. Name the plant he worked on.
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State evidences in favour of Lamarckism.
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DDT was known to be a highly effective insecticide in the past. Why did it not wipe out all the mosquito population?
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What did Hugo de Vries propose as the primary cause of evolution?
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According to de-Vries what is saltation?
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Have you heard of the modern synthetic theory of evolution? What are the drawbacks of mutation theory that could lead to the formation of a new theory?

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What is the significance of lightning in the Miller - Urey experiment?
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What causes speciation according to Hugo de Vries?
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How do new species arise according to de Vries mutation theory of organic evolution?