Animal Biology Practice Exam 1

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Practice Exam for Animal Biology Exam 1: Animal Characteristics, Phylogenetics, Animal Ecology, and Animal Development and Architecture
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Ecology is the study of interactions and relationships of organisms with surrounding biotic and abiotic components.
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  • True
  • False

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The levels of ecology from smallest to largest are: [blank_start]Individual[blank_end] < [blank_start]Population[blank_end] < [blank_start]Community[blank_end] < [blank_start]Ecosystem[blank_end] < [blank_start]Biosphere[blank_end]
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  • Individual
  • Population
  • Community
  • Ecosystem
  • Biosphere

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What is the most important abiotic parameter defining species distribution?
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  • Temperature
  • Habitat
  • Ecological roles
  • Oxygen levels

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What is the ecological "space" a species fills?
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  • Niche
  • Population
  • Community
  • Abiotic parameter
  • Biotic parameter

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Select all the phyla that belong in the animal kingdom:
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  • Porifera
  • Cnidaria
  • Platyhelminthes
  • Nematoda
  • Mollusca
  • Annelida
  • Arthropoda
  • Echinodermata
  • Chordata
  • Pteridophyta

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A [blank_start]diploblast[blank_end] has two germ layers and a [blank_start]triploblast[blank_end] has three germ layers.
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  • diploblast
  • triploblast
  • triploblast
  • diploblast

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A deuterostome is [blank_start]anus[blank_end] first and a protostome is [blank_start]mouth[blank_end] first.
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  • anus
  • mouth
  • mouth
  • anus

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A unique characteristic of animals is that all were developed from a [blank_start]blastula[blank_end], a hollow ball of embryonic cells.
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  • blastula

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A unique characteristic of animals is that all have cell adhesion molecules: including [blank_start]fibronectin[blank_end] and [blank_start]cadherins[blank_end].
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  • fibronectin
  • cadherins

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A unique characteristic of animals is all have cell junctions including [blank_start]tight junctions[blank_end], [blank_start]desmosomes[blank_end], and [blank_start]gap junctions[blank_end]
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  • tight junctions
  • desmosomes
  • gap junctions

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A unique characteristic of animals is all have an extracellular matrix containing [blank_start]collagen[blank_end].
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  • collagen

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Label the graphic in terms of fundamental niche and realized niche.
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  • Realized niche
  • Fundamental niche

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A [blank_start]fundamental[blank_end] niche includes all acceptable conditions which a species can occupy while a [blank_start]realized[blank_end] niche is a subset of suitable conditions that a species occupies.
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  • fundamental
  • realized
  • realized
  • fundamental

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Pair the animals to their correct type in the survivorship curve.
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  • Human
  • Mackerel
  • American Robin
  • Human
  • American Robin
  • Mackerel
  • Human
  • American Robin
  • Mackerel

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What survivorship curve would you expect for sea turtle populations?
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  • Type 1
  • Type 2
  • Type 3

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Growth is limited by resources.
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  • True
  • False

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What is the term for a resource in short supply?
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  • Limited resource
  • Limited factor
  • Carrying capacity
  • Niche

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What is the term for the largest population that an environment can support?
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  • Carry capacity
  • Complete niche
  • Maximum capacity
  • Exponential growth

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At carrying capacity, birth rates are [blank_start]equal to[blank_end] death rates.
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  • equal to
  • greater than
  • less than

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Populations [blank_start]fluctuate[blank_end] around carrying capacity.
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  • fluctuate
  • flourish
  • diminish

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A density-independent effect impact is proportional to number of individuals in an area.
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  • True
  • False

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Select all the CORRECT statements about competition:
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  • Competition reduces the fitness of BOTH parties.
  • Competition occurs when resources are limited.
  • Competition can be intraspecific or interspecific.
  • Competition is a density-independent effect.

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Populations of predator and prey tend to oscillate when a predator relies on a single prey species
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  • True
  • False

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What does this image depict?
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  • Resource partitioning
  • Limited resources
  • Realized niches
  • Interspecies competition

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[blank_start]Cell fate[blank_end] is determined by a series of "decisions" made in early development that become the programmed identity of cells with a point of no return.
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  • Cell fate

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[blank_start]Cleavage[blank_end] is the first cell divisions where zygotic contents partition among smaller cells.
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  • Cleavage

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[blank_start]Gastrulation[blank_end] is the formation of gut and other germ layer(s) in addition to ectoderm.
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  • Gastrulation

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[blank_start]Morphogenesis[blank_end] is the development of organismal form and/or shape.
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  • Morphogenesis

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A zygote subdivides into smaller cells called [blank_start]blastomeres[blank_end].
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  • blastomeres

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Cell fates are closely linked to germ layers.
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  • True
  • False

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Name the type of cleavage shown:
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  • Meroblastic
  • Holoblastic

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Name the type of cleavage shown:
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  • Meroblastic
  • Holoblastic

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Gradients of morphogens can be established in what ways?
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  • Unequal distribution in the zygote.
  • Production of morphogens from specific cells.
  • Inheriting of morphogens from parent cell.
  • Equal distribution in the zygote.

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Early development requires two processes:
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  • Pattern formation
  • Differentiation
  • Development of mitochondria
  • Mitosis

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Which statement best describes competitive relationship:
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  • Two species of birds that live harmoneously in the same oak tree.
  • A north Georgia bobcat and a cougar population that both prey on cottontail rabbits.
  • A nematode that infects a white-footed mouse by tropic transmission.
  • A barnacle that resides on the underbelly of a whale shark.

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Which statement best describes a parasitic relationship:
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  • A white-footed mouse infected by a nematode through tropic transmission.
  • Two species of birds that reside in the same oak tree.
  • A Central American squirrel monkey that eats bananas and ants and a Geoffroy's spider monkey that eats starfruit and flies in the same Costa Rican rainforest region.
  • Two species of tropical fish that live in different locations in the same coral reef.

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Which is an example of an amensalism relationship:
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  • A black walnut tree secreting the chemical, juglone, killing all it's neighboring plants.
  • Two species of birds harmoniously living at different level branches in the same oak tree.
  • Two species of lizards eating the same type of fly in a local coastal marsh.
  • A swamp rabbit and a marsh rabbit inhabiting different regions in Georgia.

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Select the example of mutualistic relationship:
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  • Two species of birds harmoniously living on different branch levels of the same oak tree.
  • A population of Northwestern salmon with more males than females during breeding season.
  • The bread mold Penicillium secreting penicillin to that chemical kills bacteria.
  • A nematode that infects the white-footed mouse by trophic transmission.

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Select the example of a commensalistic relationship:
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  • A clownfish that live amid the tentacles of the anemones which protects them from predators.
  • Two species of birds that live harmoniously on different level branches of the same oak tree.
  • A nematode that infects the white-footed mouse via trophic transmission.
  • A marsh rabbit and a swamp rabbit that migrated to different wetland regions in Georgia.

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Theories exist that explain the method in which multicellularity arose in animals. Which theory has the most evidentiary support in the scientific community?
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  • Symbiotic relationship between protist species.
  • Ancestral colonial protist
  • Cellularization: multinucleate protist ancestor evolves membranes around nuclei.
  • All have equal support in the scientific community.

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According to this phylogenetic tree, annelids are most closely related to _____.
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  • arthropods
  • molluscs
  • nematodes
  • cnidarians
  • platyhelminths

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According to this phylogenetic tree, the clade that includes echinoderms and chordates is most closely related to the clade that includes _____.
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  • molluscs
  • poriferans
  • nematodes
  • cnidarians
  • platyhelminths

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According to this phylogenetic tree, cnidarians are most closely related to _____.
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  • nematodes
  • annelids
  • molluscs
  • echinoderms
  • platyhelminths

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According to this phylogenetic tree, chordates are most closely related to _____.
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  • arthropods
  • molluscs
  • pariferans
  • echinoderms
  • cnidarians

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This phylogenetic tree indicates that mammals are most closely related to _____.
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  • sharks, rays, and chimaeras
  • ray-finned fishes
  • tunicates
  • reptiles
  • amphibians

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According to this phylogenetic tree, the animals most closely related to reptiles and mammals are _____.
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  • sharks, rays, and chimaeras
  • amphibians
  • lampreys
  • ray-finned fishes
  • lancelets

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The group in the red box is
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  • monophyletic
  • polyphyletic
  • paraphyletic

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The group in the red box is
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  • monophyletic
  • polyphyletic
  • paraphyletic

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The group in the red box is
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  • monophyletic
  • paraphyletic
  • polyphyletic

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Accurate taxonomy is based on
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  • monophyly
  • paraphyly
  • polyphyly
  • a combination of monophyly, paraphyly, and polyphyly.

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Select all the scenarios that are considered density-independant:
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  • A coastal region experiencing a flood from heavy spring rains
  • A costa rican population of spider monkeys experiencing a food shortage for the first time in a decade
  • A wildfire that is destroyed 100 acres of Redwood forest in California.
  • A population of gray squirrels experiencing an increase in predation by the red fox population.
  • A local farm introducing a new pesticide to corn that targets the short-horned grasshopper.
  • A town in New Hampshire whose landfills will be at max capacity in less than one year.
  • A population of coyotes that is experiencing an increased occurrence of mange.
  • Several countries in South America lost 10% of their population due to experiencing a 8.5 magnitude earthquake.

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Select all the scenarios that are density-dependent:
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  • A category 5 hurricane caused an atlantic coastal town to lose 10% of their population.
  • A wildfire swept through 10 western US farming counties and killed thousands of acres of crops.
  • A population of gray squirrels is experiencing a shortage of food for the first time in a decade.
  • A population of cottontail rabbits is experiencing an increase in predation by a population of red fox.
  • A town in Vermont is experiencing an influx and overflow in their local sewer system.
  • A population of white-tailed deer is experiencing an influx in lyme disease.
  • A population of Northwestern African cheetah has in influx in male cheetahs to female cheetahs during mating season, causing the males to compete for mates.
  • A local farm is introducing a new pesticide to their corn to target the short-horned grasshopper.
  • A 8.5 magnitude earthquake destroyed the water supply and killed 500 people across 3 South American countries.

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What states that two species that compete for the exact same resources cannot stably coexist?
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  • The Principle of Competitive Exclusion
  • The Theory of Multicellularity
  • The Principle of Resource Partitioning
  • The Theory of Evolution

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All of the following factors led to exponential human population growth about a thousand years ago EXCEPT:
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  • Reduction in disease
  • Reduction in human waste
  • increase in food supply
  • colder climate
  • expansion of habitat

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All cells in the human body are genomically equal except for sex cells.
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  • True
  • False

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This image depicts a morphogen gradient that is equally distributed.
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  • True
  • False

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In conditional specification, cells secrete [blank_start]morphogens[blank_end] to influence nearby cells to differentiate.
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  • morphogens
  • gradients
  • genes
  • mesoderm
  • cytoplasm

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Select all the correct statements about mosaic cleavage:
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  • patterns arise from cytoplasmic specification
  • heavily influenced by maternal effect gene products in the egg.
  • protostomes
  • deuterstomes
  • cell fate is fixed after first division
  • cell fate is NOT fixed after first division
  • cells "regulate" development of nearby undifferentiated cells by producing morphogens
  • patterns arise from induction

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Select all the correct statements about regulative cleavage:
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  • patterns arise from cytoplasmic specification
  • cell fate fixed after first division
  • heavily influenced by maternal effect gene products in the egg
  • protostomes
  • deuterstomes
  • cell fate is NOT fixed after first division
  • cells "regulate" development of nearby cells by producing morphogens
  • patterns arise from induction

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[blank_start]Cytoplasmic specification[blank_end] is when blastomeres inherit different amounts of various morphogens during initial stages of zygote division.
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  • Cytoplasmic specification
  • Induction

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[blank_start]Induction[blank_end] is when morphogen concentrations drop as distance from source cells increases.
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  • Induction
  • Cytoplasmic specification

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[blank_start]Pattern formation[blank_end] is where body regions and cell types will be formed.
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  • Pattern formation
  • Differentiation

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[blank_start]Differentiation[blank_end] is what type of cell will develop.
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  • Differentiation
  • Pattern formation

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Gradients of morphogens identify major axes. The primary development axes are:
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  • Anterior-posterior
  • Dorsal-ventral
  • Superficial-Deep
  • Distal-Medial

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Primary morphogen gradients set up gradients in other morphogens.
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  • True
  • False

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Hox genes...
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  • code for morphogens that define specific regions in the body.
  • contain a short sequence that codes for a homeobox domain.
  • are homeobox domains.
  • are morphogens.
  • are highly conserved genes.
  • are arranged in gene clusters.
  • are arranged in a radial formation.
  • explain consistency of early development among diverse animal phyla
  • explain the inconsistencies of development between animal phyla and plant phyla

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The order of Hox genes represents where the gene will be expressed along an animal's [blank_start]anterior-posterior[blank_end] axis.
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  • anterior-posterior
  • dorsal-ventral
  • superficial-deep
  • distal-medial

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Mutation in [blank_start]Hox genes[blank_end] may explain major morphological changes in evolution.
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  • Hox genes
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