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What is adaptive radiation? Distinguish between convergence and divergence development.

Important Questions on Evolution

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In Hardy-Weinberg equation, the frequency of heterozygous individual is represented by:
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Industrial melanism is an example of:
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A population will not exist in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium if:
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In a large isolated population, alleles p and q at a locus are at Hardy Weinberg equilibrium. The frequencies are p=0.6 and q=0.4 . The proportion of the heterozygous genotype in the population is
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What are adaptive radiations? Explain with examples. 
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Of the periods listed below, which ONE is the earliest period when Ostracoderms, the jawless and finless fishes, appeared?

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The wings of a bird and the wings of an insect are:
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The ________ theory attempts to explain to us the origin of the universe.
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What do you understand by adaptive radiation? Explain it with suitable examples.
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Analogous structures are a result of:
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Artificial selection to obtain cows yielding higher milk output represents
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A population of finch birds with medium sized beaks colonizes an island with plants producing medium and large sized seeds. After a disease wipes out all the plants with medium sized seeds, what is most likely to happen to the finches?
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A gene locus has two alleles A, a. If the frequency of dominant allele A is 0.4, then what will be the frequency of homozygous dominant, heterozygous and homozygous recessive individuals in the Population?
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A human population containing 200 individuals has two alleles at the 'T' locus, named T and t. T, which produces tall individuals, is dominant over t, which produces short individuals. If the population has 90 TT, 40 Tt and 70 tt genotypes, what will be the frequencies of these two alleles in this population?
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In a population of 1000 individuals 360 belong to genotype AA, 480 to Aa, and the remaining 160 to aa, Based on this data, the frequency of allele A in the population is:
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In a species, the weight of the newborn ranges from 2 to 5 kg. 97% of the newborn with an average weight between 3 and 3.3 kg survive whereas 99% of the infants born with weights from 2 to 2.5 kg or 4.5 to 5 kg die. Which type of selection process is taking place?
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Which one of the following are analogous structures?
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Which of the following structures is homologous to the wing of a bird?
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What do you mean by adaptive radiation ?
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In Africa, two distinct types of Rhinoceros are found. One is grazing which lives in open land and second is a browsing type which lives in wooded areas. It is which type of adaptive radiation?