Which type of evolutionary evidence relies on comparing the DNA sequences of different organisms?
Fossil evidence
Anatomical evidence
Molecular evidence
Biogeographical evidence
Related Questions
Which of the following example of variation is not important from an evolutionary standpoint?
Genetic differences between individual organisms comprising the population
Inherited difference between individual organisms comprising the population
Both (a) and (b)
Difference due to diet, health, age and accident that have no affect on an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce
Convergent evolution is shown by
Homologous organs
Analogous organs
Vestigial organs
All of these
Ornithorhynchus is a connecting link between
Reptiles and Mammals
Birds and Mammals
Amphibians and Reptiles
Fishes and Amphibians
The similarity of bone structure in the forelimbs of many vertebrates is an example of
Adaptive radiation
Homology
Convergent evolution
Analogy
Which set includes only analogous organs?
Wings of butterfly, housefly and bat
Hindlegs of horse, grasshopper and bat
Wings of butterfly and wings pad of bat and birds
Mandibles of cockroach, mosquito and honeybee
The theory of use and disuse of organ was proposed by
Darwin
Lamarck
de Vries
Hooker
First dinosaurs and first egg-laying mammals were originated in
Jurassic period
Triassic period
Permian period
Cambrian period
Biochemical similarities indicates the
Similarities in carbohydrates of organisms
Similarities in fat (fatty acid) of organisms
Similarities in protein and genes of organisms
All of the above
Lamarckism cannot explain
Webbed toes in aquatic birds
Weak muscles in the son of a wrestler
Long narrow and limbless body of snakes
Heterophylly
Among the following sets of examples for divergent evolution, select the incorrect option:
Eye of octopus, bat and man
Forelimbs of man, bat and cheetah
Brain of bat, man and cheetah
Heart of bat, man and cheetah
