Chapter Evolution Quiz

Evolution is an excellent working hypothesis to approach the problem of

Which of the following includes most primitive mammals

Mutations in a population

An intermediate stage in the evolution of an advanced organism or a group of organisms from a primitive one is called

The theory of recapitulation states that the embryological development of a species repeats its

Genetic drift is the change in allelic frequency of small population simply by

Who stated that the traits acquired by parents during their life time could pass on to their off springs

Mutations are the sources of new

Evolution is

Darwin's theory as presented in the origin of species mainly concerned

The smallest biological unit which evolve over time is

In a population with two alleles for a particular locus, B and b , the allele frequency of B is 0.7 what would be the frequency of heterozygote if the population is in Hardy Weinberg  equilibrium

In a population that is in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium 16% of the individuals show the recessive trait what is the frequency of the dominant allele in the population

The theory of Catastrophism was formulated by

Which of the following theories of evolution can best explain vestigial organs

According to Lamarckism new structures can appear in the body only when

The process of organic evolution is

Darwin wrote a book named

Darwin's finches are found in 

The greatest weakness in Darwinism was its failure to explain the cause of