Biology 106 Dr. Dudash

Study Questions Fall 1999

Study Questions Set #2 - Handed out September 13, 1999.

Due: In Lab the following week.

All answers MUST be TYPED unless mathematical computation is needed.

Use no more than 3/4 of a page of single spaced typed text.

Please answer 3 of the following questions:

1. Explain 3 advantages of sexual and asexual reproduction.

2. Explain the key difference between blending inheritance and meiosis .

3. List 3 types of asexual reproduction and give an example of an organism that may reproduce in each manner?

4. Compare and contrast microevolution and macroevolution.

5. Define natural selection and provide an example of one form/type of natural selection.

6. What is inclusive fitness and how is it different from individual fitness?