During her new employee orienation, Katie is paired with another coder who shows Katie to her workstation, explains the organization’s coding guidelines, takes her to lunch and explains the online encoder. This orientation is taking place at what level?

What information does this figure show us about Hox genes?

Use the figure below to answer the next two questions.

We learned about different explanations for why aging (senescence) exists. Review the data from  study in fruit flies flies that we discussed in class. Select the prediction that this data refutes (proves false).

Imagine you are conducting a study on genetic and environmental effects on a trait. You place individuals of different genotypes in different environments, measure their phenotype, then plot it in the graph below. What can you conclude about these reaction norms?

Early analyses of molecular evolution found that rates of molecular change were constant (“clocklike”) and higher than expected under selection. How did Kimura’s Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution address these findings?

In this figure, we see that flies have 1 set of Hox genes and mice have four. What happened here?

Choose the structure of the following sentence:   The holidays are coming up, and since it will also be my birthday, I am going to really celebrate.  

Which of the following is important to understand about quoting a source?  

Choose which type of error this sentence contains; if it is correct, choose “O.K.”   Children need limits they respect adults who supply them.