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The evolutionary story of moths in England during industrialization reveals, that "evolution is apparently reversible". Clarify this statement.

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  6. Variations during mutations of meiotic recombinations are: random and...

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  7. Variations during mutations of meiotic recombinations are

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  8. Variations during mutations of meiotic recombinations are

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  9. Variations during mutations of meiotic recombinations are

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  10. What are the characteristic of life forms that had been fossilised?

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  11. How do we compute the age of a rock?

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  12. Why is nascent oxygen supposed to be toxic to aerobic life forms?

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  13. Explain antibiotic resistance abserved in bacteria in light of Darwin'...

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  14. what are connecting links? Give two examples.

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  15. Differentiate ape and man.

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  16. Briefly explain Oparin-Haldane theory of origin of life.

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  17. What are fossils? Discuss the implication of fossils in evolution.

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  18. What is divergent evolution ? Give example.

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  19. State and explain any three factors affecting allele frequency in popu...

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  20. Give a brief account of present day concept of evolution

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  21. The most accepted line of descent in human evolution is:

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