Which of the following placental mammals appears to be similar to a corresponding marsupial NUMBAT?

(1) Anteater

(2) Bobcat

(3) Mole

(4) Wolf

(1) a stochastic process

(2) Based on chance events in nature

(3) Based on chance mutation in the organisms

(4) Directed process in the sense of determinsm

(1) Evolution by natural selection would have started when cellular forms of life with similarities in metabolic capabilities originated on Earth

(2) The rate of appearance of new forms is linked to the life cycle or the life span.

(3) Fitness is based on characteristics which are inherited.

(4) Adaptive ability is inherited.

(1) Something for which nature selects

(2) End result of the ability to adapt and get selected by nature

(3) Based on characteristics which are inherited

(4) Considered when cellular forms of life were originated.

(1) Branching descent and natural selection are two auxillary concepts of this theory.

(2) Natural selection is based on some factual observations.

(3) Was influenced by work of Alfred Wallace on populations.

(4) Both A and C

(1) Variations are heritable and make resource utilisation better for few will enable only those to reproduce and leave more progeny

(2) Population size will grow exponentially if everybody reproduced maximally.

(3) Natural resources are limited yet populations are stable in size except for seasonal fluctuations.

(4) Members of populations vary in characteristics.

(1) Disruptive

(2) Directional

(3) Stabilising

(4) Both A and B

(1) Disruptive

(2) Directional

(3) Stabilising

(4) Both A and B

(1) 0.1

(2) 0.7

(3) 0.3

(4) 1.0