Biology 104 final exam review 1

Indicate which of the phylogenies shown is paraphyletic

• left

• middle

• right

A sister taxa is one which

• Represents the common ancestor of all groups shown on a phylogeny

• Evolved early and no divergence has occurred from it

• Branches from same same branch point

Which of the following statements is correct

• The alligator is more closely related to the lamprey than the bald eagle

• The lamprey is the outgroup

• The lamprey has jaws

• The alligator is the basal taxon

Horizontal gene transfer includes

• transcription, translation, conjugation

• transcription, transduction, conjungation

• conjugation, transformation, translation

• conjugation, transduction, transformation

Some plant homologies include

• alternation of generations and walled spores

• seeds and alternation of generations

• alternation of generations and vascularization

• xylem, phloem, and seeds

______ have vascular tissue, seeds, and uses double fertilization

• gymnosperms

• bryophytes

• ferns

• angiosperms

What are traits plants evolved to prevent desiccation

• cuticle and stomata

• presence of a capsule

• motile sperm

• flowers

The process in which a virus transfers genetic information from one bacterium to another is

• conjugation

• transduction

• transformation