After you've explored the Visual Synthesis Map, click the button below to answer a few questions showing that you've understood the concepts covered here.
Visual Synthesis Map Assessment
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After you've explored the Visual Synthesis Map, click the button below to answer a few questions showing that you've understood the concepts covered here.
Visual Synthesis Map Assessment
Question 1 of 7
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1.1
True or False: When individuals of a parent species are separated geographically, one population of separated individuals is more likely to acquire neutral mutations than the other.
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1.2
In animals with alleles for a given trait of A and a, if Hardy-Weinberg conditions are met, which one of the following is not a possible genotype frequency? For a hint, click on the check mark next to “Hardy-Weinberg” at the top. Click the x box to turn it off when you’re done.
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1.3
True or False: An allele that has acquired a mutation at a particular nucleotide position is just as likely to acquire a subsequent mutation as an allele which has not been previously mutated.
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1.4
Neutral mutations can increase in frequency to a maximum of what percentage of the population?
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1.5
Neutral mutations can decrease in frequency to a minimum of what percentage of the population?
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1.6
A neutral mutation is one that:
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1.7
Speciation is said to occur when: (For a hint, reset the map and click on the purple double-headed arrow. Click on the arrows again when you are done.)