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1 | | How is the concept of gene flow related to the species concept? |
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2 | | Why aren't mules considered a species? |
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3 | | How does speciation differ from the formation of subspecies? |
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4 | | Can you always tell by looking at two organisms whether or not they belong to the same species? |
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5 | | Why is geographic isolation important in the process of speciation? |
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6 | | How does a polyploid organism differ from a haploid or diploid organism? |
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7 | | List the series of events necessary for speciation to occur. |
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8 | | Describe three kinds of reproductive isolating mechanisms that prevent interbreeding between different species. |
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9 | | Give an example of seasonal isolating mechanisms, habitat preference, and behavioral isolating mechanisms. |
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10 | | Describe convergent evolution and adaptive radiation. |
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11 | | What are the two dominant evolutionary patterns? |
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12 | | How are analogous and homologous structures different? |
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13 | | What is the difference between gradualism and punctuated equilibrium? |
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14 | | Why is it difficult to determine the evolutionary history of a species? |
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15 | | List three differences between australopiths and members of the genus Homo. |
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16 | | Compare the out-of-Africa hypothesis with the multiregional hypothesis of the origin of Homo sapiens. |
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17 | | Diagram the relationship among anthropoids, hominoids, and hominids. |
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