What is a dominant trait?

Important Questions on Heredity and Evolution

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Foundation Science Biology>Chapter 7 - Heredity and Evolution>EXERCISES>Q 7

What is the difference between dominant and recessive traits?

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Foundation Science Biology>Chapter 7 - Heredity and Evolution>EXERCISES>Q 8

Which scientist gave the first modern theory of the origin of new species from existing ones? (Charles Darwin / Hugo de Vries)

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Foundation Science Biology>Chapter 7 - Heredity and Evolution>EXERCISES>Q 9

Mention one similarity between a human embryo and fish.

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Foundation Science Biology>Chapter 7 - Heredity and Evolution>EXERCISES>Q 10

Mention two sources of variations.

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Foundation Science Biology>Chapter 7 - Heredity and Evolution>EXERCISES>Q 11

Define phenotype.

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Foundation Science Biology>Chapter 7 - Heredity and Evolution>EXERCISES>Q 12

Who first proposed the theory of inheritance of acquired traits. (Jean Baptiste de Lamarck/ Charles Robert Darwin)

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Foundation Science Biology>Chapter 7 - Heredity and Evolution>EXERCISES>Q 13

Is geographical isolation an important factor in the speciation of a self-pollinating plant species?

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Foundation Science Biology>Chapter 7 - Heredity and Evolution>EXERCISES>Q 1

Distinguish between heredity and variations.