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The study and reconstruction of evolutionary relationships is ___.

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Systematics

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Characteristics between the branch points of a cladogram that are shared by all organisms above the branch poring and are not present in any below it are called ___ characteristics.

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Derived

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Derived character states shared by clade members are called ___.

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Synapomorphies

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Homoplasies can result from…

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Both convergent evolution and evolutionary reversals

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Birds, snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles are all thought to share a common ancestor and several homologous traits. Assuming that this is true, these groups of animals would best represent …

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A monophyletic group

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The table shows the distribution of traits in six extant species. A “0” indicates the ancestral condition; a “1” is the derived condition. Construct a cladogram from these data. Based on this cladogram, which species could be considered the outgroup?

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The one with the most 0s

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Consider the cladogram associated with the question. Which pair of species shares the greatest number of derived characteristics (synapomorphies)?

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Two together at top

6 and 1

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Consider the cladogram associated with the question. Based on this cladogram, which species has the greatest number of ancestral character states?

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Lowest one off of the main one

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The evolution of plant-conducting tubes (sieve tubes) in land plants and brown algae is an example of what?

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Homoplasy caused by convergence

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Character states shared by the ancestor or outgroup of a clade are called ___.

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Symplesiomorphies

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The oldest microfossils are off ___.

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Prokaryotes

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Life apparently originated on earth about how many years ago?

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8.5 billion years ago

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The characteristics of life include all of the following except ___.

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Multicellularity

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The oldest fossils of eukaryotes have been estimated to be how many years old?

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1.5 billion years old

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Which of the following was demonstrated by the Miller-Urey experiment?

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Organic molecules important to life could have been formed from a vast array of simple chemicals

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In the taxonomic hierarchical system for grouping organisms, the next higher group to a family is ___.

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Order

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Eukaryotic cells acquired mitochondria and chloroplasts by ___.

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Endosymbiosis

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The group that probably gave rise to chloroplasts is the ___.

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Cyanobacteria

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He supergroup ___ would include green algae and land plants.

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Archaeplastids

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True multicellularity is a major characteristic of…

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Eukaryotes only

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Virulent viruses multiply within infected cells and eventually..

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Causes lysis of the host cell, releasing new viruses

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The genetic alteration of a cell’s genome by the introduction of foreign DNA is called ___.

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Transformation

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The HIV virus is considered a ___ virus, because after getting integrated into the host cell chromosomes, it does not begin replicating immediately.

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All of the following are diseases caused by viruses except __.

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A layer of lipoprotein and glycoprotein that covers the outer surface of some veins is the ___.
Envelope
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Prions are...
Infectious proteins with no associated nucleic acid
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An example of an "emerging virus" (a virus in a new host) with a lethality rate in excess of 50% is...
Ebola virus
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Activation of a latent herpes virus is responsible for what?
Fever blisters
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All viruses are constructed of...
Either DNA or RNA with a protein wrapping, called a capsid
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Scientists have demonstrated that the cholera bacteria, Vibrio cholerae, can exist as a rather harmless form or, by phage conversion, can exist as a disease-causing, virulent form. This conversion is caused by...
The phage introducing a gene into the bacterium's chromosome that codes for the cholera toxin that can cause death in humans
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Current classification of prokaryotes is based on..
Sequencing of proteins, DNA, and RNA
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Prokaryotes undergo a process that produces cells that are identical. This process is called ___.
Binary fission
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Which one of the following is not a characteristic of all prokaryotes?
Cell walls constructed of peptidoglycan
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In which of the following characteristics, prokaryotes and eukaryotes are similar?
Contain ribosomes
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Certain prokaryotes can withstand drying and hotter temperatures because of their ability to form ___.
Endospores
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All of the following are ways that prokaryotes can exchange generic material except...
Vertical gene transfer
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Bacteria cause all of the following human diseases except ___.
Malaria
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The enzymes for cellular respiration in eukaryotic organisms are located within the mitochondria. In prokaryotic organisms, these enzymes are attached to the...
Cell membrane
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Sexually transmitted diseases include all of the following except ___.
Herpes
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Prokaryotes that harvest both energy and carbon atoms from organic molecules are called ___.
Chemoheterotrophs
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The common characteristic of Alveolata is...
A layer of flattened vesicles beneath the plasma membrane
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A common characteristic of Choanoflagellida is..
Funnel-shaped, contractile collar
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A non-walled, multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that resembles a moving mass of slime that is produced nu plasmodial slime molds is called a ___.
Plasmodium
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The marine multicellular protists including the larger brown algae belong to the ___.
Stramenopiles
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Organisms that are characterized by being unicellular, photosynthetic, and having double shells made of silica are known as ___.
Diatoms
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The tropical diseases such as African sleeping sickness, Chaga's disease, and leishmaniasis are caused by ___.
Trypanosomes
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All ___ have two very different types of nuclei within their cells, small micronuclei and larger macronuclei.
Ciliates
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The parasite that is responsible for causing malaria is called ___.
Plasmodium
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The limestone making up for the famous landmark in England, the White Cliffs of Dover, are the pore-studded shells of ___.
Foraminifera
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In addition to their characteristic cilia, most ciliates contain two types of ___.
Nuclei

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