Meiosis is responsible for generating the variation which is a key feature of seggsual reproduction (i) Explain why the variation produced is advantageous to the species in which it occurs (2)

(ii) Explain how meiosis gives rise to variation in offspring produced by seggsual reproduction (6)

Which of the following statements is true? a. the main cause for speciation is an increase in gene flow. b. organisms that reproduce asexually are not considered part of a species. c. on a tree of life diagram, speciation is shown by the merging of two different lineages. d.the size of the geographic area inhabited by a population can cause speciation.

What mistake did john needham make that caused him to conclude that spontaneous generation for microorganisms occurred? a. he re-contaminated his boiled broth solutions. b. he destroyed the vital force in the solutions. c. he did not boil his broth solutions, only warmed them. d. he failed to seal his flasks of boiled broth. e. he allowed his assistant to conduct the experiment which he did not monitor closely.

Some species of wasps are social. the queen starts a colony from scratch each spring. she builds a small nest, and lays and raises a group of female workers. the workers enlarge the nest while the queen continues to lay eggs. unfertilized eggs become males that mate with newly hatched females. all of the wasps except the newly fertilized females die by the summer. which best describes this behavior? a)it is beneficial only to the males that do not fertilize eggs. b)it is beneficial only to the female workers that are not fertilized. c)it is beneficial to each one of the individual colony members. d)it is beneficial to the whole species, but not to all of the individual members.