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When bird populations migrate and mix with populations that do not migrate, _____________ will occur.

Avery and his coworkers showed that the agent responsible for changing nonvirulent bacteria into virulent bacteria was __________.

The pair of traits that best illustrates convergent evolution is __________.

During transcription of mRNA in eukaryotes, some sequences are cut out of the primary transcript and the remaining sequences are joined together. This processing of mRNA is called _________.

If 14% of the nucleotides from a DNA moleculecontain the base T, what percent will contain the base G?

Natural selection for a certain phenotype will affect the __________.

In 2006, scientists discovered a fossil that had scales and gills, a flat head with eyes on top like a frog, and fin and neck bones that would allow it to prop itself out of the water. The best explanation for this fossil is that it is __________.

Choose the scientific evidence that supports evolutionary theory. (Check all that apply.)

The several hundred species of picture-winged fruit flies of the Hawaiian Islands are genetically very similar, yet they all differ markedly from their ancestral population in Asia. This is probably accounted for by __________.

Why are the leading and lagging strands of DNA molecules synthesized differently?