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Who were the three scientists who pioneered the mathematical framework of the principles of Mendelian genetics and Evolution by natural selection?

  • Francis Galton, Rosalind Franklin, and Thomas H. Morgan
  • R.A. Fisher, J.B.S. Haldane, and Sewall Wright (correct)
  • Alfred Russel Wallace, Hugo de Vries, and Carl Correns
  • Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, and Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • What were the main observations/principles on which Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection was based?

  • All modern species descended from common ancestors, offspring were more similar to their parents than to unrelated individuals, there was variation among individuals in a population, and some individuals with some phenotypes are more successful than others in survival and reproduction (correct)
  • All individuals in a population are identical, there is no variation among individuals, and natural selection is the only process driving evolutionary change
  • Offspring were more similar to their parents than to unrelated individuals and there was no variation among individuals in a population
  • All modern species descended from common ancestors and natural selection was not the main process driving evolutionary change
  • What did Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection fail to demonstrate?

  • Inability to demonstrate that there was variation among individuals in a population
  • Inability to demonstrate that all modern species descended from common ancestors
  • Inability to demonstrate that offspring were more similar to their parents than to unrelated individuals
  • Inability to demonstrate that natural selection could explain all variation (correct)
  • Who provided a mathematical framework of the principles of Mendelian genetics and Evolution by natural selection?

    <p>R.A. Fisher, J.B.S. Haldane, and Sewall Wright</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did population genetics trace back to?

    <p>1920 and 1930s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection was based on the observation that all modern species descended from common ancestors, offspring were more similar to their parents than to unrelated individuals, there was ______, some individuals with some phenotypes are more successful than others in survival and reproduction, and natural selection was the main process driving evolutionary change

    <p>variation among individuals in a population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The three scientists who provided a mathematical framework of the principles of Mendelian genetics and Evolution by natural selection were ______

    <p>R.A. Fisher, J.B.S. Haldane, and Sewall Wright</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Population genetics traces back to ______

    <p>1920 and 1930s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection could not prove the ability to demonstrate that natural selection could explain all variation

    <p>Inability to demonstrate that natural selection could explain all variation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection was based on the principle that ______

    <p>some individuals with some phenotypes are more successful than others in survival and reproduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

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