Bateman’s gradients can be used to understand the strength of sexual selection acting on a sex.  In snails, populations include two sexes, but those sexes can be male and hermaphrodite, female and hermaphrodite, and male and female.  In this example, the population is composed of males and hermaphrodites.  Using the graph below, who is sexual selection acting on? Note: x-axis = number of mates & y-axis = number of offspring

Microevolution involves ___

 Dandelions,  Taraxacum officinale, are plants that asexually produce fruitlike propagules. Sexual reproduction is very rare in this organism. Which species concept would be LEAST useful in defining dandelions as a species?

There are many types of Natural selection and they act on traits in different ways. Assume there is selection acting on size of a wing in a bird.  For each type of selection match what will happen to the variation in wing size among individuals in the population over time.  Hint: think about the distributions we drew in class for each of these types of natural selection.

Week 12: Levels of Selection & Sexual Selection-SHORT ANSWER (12 PTS)

4C. In this unit we identified many biases that can influence individual scientists.  Because of these biases, some researchers think objectivity at the individual level is too difficult to achieve.  They propose we should focus instead on the community level.  Based on our readings about community level objectivity and your discussions in class, name one thing at the community level we can do to make a stronger more objective science?  Explain why this would help.

Which of the could result in what we’d call a spontaneous mutation?

Week 11: DNA Replication, Mutation, & Cancer-SHORT ANSWER (12 PTS)

Part 1: Multiple Choice or Mixed Format

Which type of science denial involves arguments that do not logically follow from the facts that are given?