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Do all variations in a species have equal chances of surviving in the environment ? Why ?

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No, because depending on the nature of variations, different individuals would have different kinds of advantages.
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KUMAR PRAKASHAN-HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION-OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
  1. Give an example of homologous and analogous organs using same animals.

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  2. Evidences from which types of organs do not suggest any common ancesto...

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  3. Do all variations in a species have equal chances of surviving in the ...

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  4. Who forms the basis for evolutionary processes ?

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  5. What is earlobe ? Which are dominant and recessive variants respective...

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  6. According to Mendel's experiment, the tall plants in F(1) generation w...

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  7. How do germ cells make a single set of genes from the normal two copie...

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  8. Can asexually reproducing organisms follow similar rules of inheritanc...

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  9. Do tailless mice have tailless progeny ? Why or why not ?

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  10. Explain the word: Micro-evolution

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  11. What is called when two populations of a species cannot reproduce with...

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  12. What is the meaning of characteristics ?

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  13. What allows us to make classification groups ?

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  14. When is it said that two species have a common ancestor ?

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  15. Which fossil was found in the Narmada Valley a few years ago ?

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  16. Which method is now extensively used for tracing evolutionary relation...

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  17. Which tools have been used for studying human evolution ?

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  18. From where the genetic footprints of Homo sapiens can be traced ?

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  19. Define: OR Explain the terms: Heredity

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  20. Define: OR Explain the terms: Trait

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