Which statement is true about sexual selection?

The “Out-of-Africa” hypothesis—that the human species originated in Africa and later spread around the world—makes several testable predictions about the distribution of human fossils and genetic variation. What result below would NOT support the “Out-of-Africa” hypothesis?

The presence of altruistic behavior in some animals can be explained by kin selection, a theory that maintains that…

Following selection, 80% of individuals with the “AA” genotype survive, all “Aa” individuals survive and 40% of “aa” individuals survive. Their respective relative fitnesses are…

Which of the following are required for the evolution of reciprocal altruism? Select two correct answers.

Following selection, all individuals with the “AA” genotype survive, 60% “Aa” individuals survive and 30% of “aa” individuals survive. Their respective relative fitnesses are…  

What characteristic distinguishes plants from animals and fungi?

The graph below shows the change in the frequency of allele A1 over 100 generations in four populations of fish. All four populations are found in separate, remote lakes and are completely isolated from each other, as well as, other populations.  The allele A1 does not affect the fitness of individuals who carry the allele, all changes in the frequency of allele A1, therefore, can be attributed to genetic drift. Given this information, which of the four populations is most likely the smallest?

A study on blood sharing among vampire bats has shown that a hungry bat is more likely to receive a blood meal from another unrelated individual if the hungry bat has fed that same individual in the recent past. This observation supports the hypothesis that sharing of blood meals could have evolved by way of…

You perform an experiment to test for the evolution of resistance in Salmonella bacteria to the antibiotic amoxicillin. To quantify the evolution of resistance in the population, you measure the “zone of inhibition” (i.e., how close the bacteria can grow to the antibiotic on the paper disk in the center of the Petri dish). After several generations, you find that the “zone of inhibition” has decreased in size—the bacteria are able to grow closer to the antibiotic paper disk. Based on these results, you can conclude…