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True statements regarding the genetic drift is/are
I. it mostly occurs in smaller populations.
II. certain alleles can be lost forever because of genetic drift.
III. founder effects and bottle neck effects are caused by genetic drift.
IV. mutations are primarly responsible for genetic drift.
The correct combination showing true statements is

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Important Questions on Evolution

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Identify the wrong statement.
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Find the true (T) and false (F) statements, and choose the correct option.

(i) Darwin said that variations, which are heritable and which make resource utilisation better for few, will enable only those to reproduce and leave more progeny.

(ii) Formation of new microbial species require very little time but for something to happen in a fish/fowl would take millions of years, since they have much longer life spans.

(iii) According to Lamarckism, long-necked giraffes evolved because they were nature selected only, long-necked animals.

(iv) Most modern breeds of dogs have evolved through artificial selection.

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The presence of recessive trait in a population is 16%, the frequency of the dominant allele in this population is:
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Which one of the following is an essential condition for a population to be at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
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For the MN-blood group system, the frequencies of M and N alleles are 0.7 and 0.3 respectively. The expected frequency of MN blood group bearing organisms is likely to be
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Match the following columns.
Column I Column II    
A Wallace 1 Natural selection
B Malthus 2 Essay of population
C Hardy-Weinberg law 3 Bistort betularia
D Industrial melanism 4 p+q2=1
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The common morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea) exhibits two flower colours, where purple is dominant over pink. Within a population of common morning glory which is at genetic equilibrium, 9% of all flowers are pink. Assuming that there are no other compounding factors, what is the frequency of flowers in the population that are heterozygous?
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If the allele frequency of 'A' is 0.2 the frequency of allele 'a' will be-