Answer:
b. Often the initial stage in the evolution of a complex character was an adaptation to some unrelated selection pressure.
d. Phylogenetic analysis using cladistics can help reveal the sequence leading to the evolution of a complex character.
Explanation:
The evolutionary developmental program of complex characters can be analyzed by examining synapomorphies, i.e., by examining shared, derived characters common between an ancestor of a given taxonomic group and its descendants. Synapomorphies are able to create evidence for historical relationships between closely related organisms. Moreover, cladistics is a method used to categorize species/taxa into groups called 'clades' based on arranging organisms with similar traits, which can provide useful information on the evolutionary history of complex traits in different species/taxa. In phylogenetics, the analysis of complex characters involves two different stages: 1-character analysis and 2-cladistic analysis. Homology refers to structures that look similar because they were inherited from a common ancestor (i.e., they have a common origin); whereas characters are considered as parts of transformation series. In cladistics, characters used for inferring phylogenetic relationships are considered as hypotheses of homology that are subject to tests of similarity. In consequence, such characters can provide useful information on the evolutionary history of complex traits.
The microscope. Scientists were able to observe tiny parts of cells since they are not visible to the naked eye.
I saw the food pyramid that accompanied this problem. Lowest is the grass, followed by rabbits, then snakes, last is the hawk.
These are the choices of the above question.
A. The snake population will decrease rapidly and the grass population will increase rapidly.B. The hawk population will increase rapidly and the rabbit population will decrease rapidly.C. The grass population will decrease rapidly, and the snake population will increase rapidly.D. The grass, rabbit, snake, and hawk populations will all decrease rapidly.
The correct answer is: A. The snake population will decrease rapidly and the grass population will increase rapidly.
With the absence of rabbits, grass growth will become unmanageable and because rabbits is their food source, snakes will die due to starvation.
The range of a set of data is the difference between the highest and lowest values in the set.
And to find the range, first order the data from least to greatest. Then subtract the smallest value from the largest value in the set.
Answer:
Reading graphs: The variable plotted on the x-axis is year while the two variables plotted on y-axis are both wolves and moose.
Interpreting variables: The population of moose rose from 800 to 1550 between 1965-1972 while the population of wolves rose from 24 to 43 between 1973-1976.
inferring: The change in population of moose might cause a change in wolves population as a result of the feeding pattern of wolves, perhaps the contest between them was affected by availability of another prey which allows the predator (wolves) to feed on another prey, hence increasing the population of moose.
Conclusion: The dip in population of moose between 1974 and 1981 could be attributed to voracious feeding pattern the predator (wolves) had on the prey (moose) which inturns allows the dip in population during the above mentioned years.
Predicting: If there is a disease infection in wolves, then there would be an increase in the population of moose the next year as a result of disruption in the predator-prey contest, hence; allows one to be more populated the following year.
Explanation:
From the above assertions, it could be deduced that only when the feeding pattern of the predator (wolves) changes then the population of the prey would either be reduced or increased.