Anew species of aquatic chordate is discovered that closely resembles an ancient form. it has the following characteristics: external armor of bony plates, no paired lateral fins, and a suspension-feeding mode of nutrition. in addition to these, it will probably have which of the following characteristics:

Metamorphic rocks are formed when sedimentary or igneous rocks are subjected to heat or pressure and recrystallize without melting. which of the following rocks results from the metamorphism of limestone? a. granite b. slate c. sandstone d. marble

Color blindness is a recessive trait. the gene for color blindness is on the x chromosome. the family tree below shows the trait of color blindness. the only unknown is the mother in the first generation

Which of the following scenarios is an example of the bottleneck effect? answers a in south africa, much of the afrikaner population is descended from a small number of dutch colonists. in this population, this is an unusually high frequency of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe), an elastic tissue disorder. b four white-tailed deer are introduced to a park in finland. thirty years after their introduction scientists compare the genes in the population and find that there is no variation. c during the industrial revolution, london's air became filled with soot. as a result, birds started eating more of the lighter moths because they were easier to spot than their darker counterparts. over time, the moth population changed so that there were more darker moths than lighter ones. d 10% of the population of american alligators in an area have the recessive trait albinism. a massive flood results in the death of 80% of the population. of the remaining population, 60% have the recessive trait of albinism.