Practice final exam 3306 BIOL, Exams of Evolutionary biology

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4) The figure below shows the phylogenetic distribution for the independent appearance of a male trait and female preference for the trait. Given this, which of the following is true? ABC DEF GHI JK Female preference a) Males in the ABC and DEF clades may be using sensory exploitation. b) Males in the ABC clade may be using sensory exploitation. c) Females in the ABC clade are using sensory exploitation. d) Sensory exploitation is not occuring. e) Mate choice does not occur in this clade. 9) The figure below shows the evolutionary relationships among several species paired with their geographic distributions on the mainland and an adjacent island. Given this, which of the following is most likely? nD A GHiiti Bc a) A vicariant event such as rising sea levels isolated populations of three species on the island, where speciation occurred. b) Adaptive reinforcement drove the island populations to speciate. c) The islands were populated by repeated independent colonization from the mainland. d) The island group evolved from a single founding to the island, where adaptive radiation occurred. e) There is no way to tell how speciation occurred.