Given below are four statements (A-D) each with one or two blanks. Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in two statements
Statements:
(A) | Wings of butterflies and birds look alike and are the results of , evolution |
(B) | Miller showed that CH4, H2, NH3, and , when exposed to electric discharge in a flask resulted in the formation of . |
(C) | Vermiform appendix is a organ and an evidence pf evolution. |
(D) | According to Darwin evolution took place due to and of the fittest. |
Options:
1. | (A) - (i) convergent, (B) - (ii) oxygen, (ii) nucleosides |
2. | (B) - (i) water vapour, (ii) amino acids, (C) - (i) rudimentary (ii) anatomical |
3. | (C) - (i) vestigial, (ii) anatomical, (D) - (i) mutations, (ii) multiplication |
4. | (D) - (i) small variations, (ii) survival, (A) - (i) convergent |
1. Weismann - Theory of continuity of germplasm
2. Pasteur -- Inheritance of acquired characters
3. de Vries -- Natural selection
4. Mendel -- Theory of pangenesis
1. adaptive radiation
2. seasonal migration
3. brood parasitism
4. connecting links
Select the correct statement from the following:
1. | Darwin variations are small and directionless |
2. | fitness is the end result of the ability to adapt and gets selected by nature |
3. | all mammals except whales and have seven cervical vertebrae |
4. | Mutations are random and directional |
The finches of the Galapagos islands provide evidence in favour of:
1. special creation
2. evolution due to mutation
3. retrogressive evolution
4. biogeographical evolution