The lakes of northern minnesota are home to many similar species of damselflies of the genus enallagma that have apparently undergone speciation from ancestral stock since the last glacial retreat about 10,000 years ago. sequencing which of the following would probably be most useful in sorting out evolutionary relationships among these closely related species?
a) nuclear dnab) mitochondrial dnac) small nuclear rnad) ribosomal rnae) amino acids in proteins

Read the following scenario to answer the following question. over the past 60 years, many amphibian species have experienced significant population declines, and some species have become extinct. scientists suspected that local human activities such as the destruction of wetlands, regional pollution, and deforestation were the main reasons for these losses. however, research over the past 20 years reveals significant amphibian population declines in protected areas of the world, such as nature preserves and parks. these global declines suggest widespread problems including increased ultraviolet radiation, acid rain, and disease. in switzerland, for example, 14 of the 20 native amphibian species are threatened with extinction. when most populations of a wide-ranging amphibian species are lost and the few remaining populations are widely separated, we expect to see that a. the founder effect becomes increasingly important b. microevolution no longer occurs c. gene flow between populations is reduced d. artificial selection becomes a greater factor in microevolution

Flock x flock y flock z total pieces of food eaten (from previous page) 147 93 60 food percentage* % % % simulated number of birds in flock for 3rd generation** * divide each flock's total pieces of food by 300, the total number of pieces of food eaten. ** multiply the food percentage for each flock by the total number of birds (30).

You arrive late to a biological seminar. however, just as you enter the room, you hear the speaker referring to the "five-prime end" and the "three-prime end" of a macromolecule. immediately, you know that they are talking about a: ]