1-Taxonomy & systematics reflect phylogeny.’ Please explainthis statement
2-What is non-random mating? Why would it be an important thingfor conservation biologists to keep track of in a population?
3-What are 5 lines of evidence in support of evolution? Defineand give an example of each.
4-Define and give an example for each of the following types ofnatural selection: directional selection, stabilizing selection,disruptive selection, balancing selection. Â
5-What are respiratory pigments? In general, what makes themgood at delivering gases from one place in the body to another?
6-Why is human blood red while the blood of some insects isblue?
7-Why is the oxygen-hemoglobin curve sigmoidal (s-shaped) ratherthan a straight line?
8-What parts of your body have chemoreceptors for detectingchanges in breathing rate? What cues do those chemoreceptors pickup? Would the brain react first to an increase in pH or to adecrease in oxygen levels in the blood?
9-How does an increase in CO2 affect pH (hydrogen ionconcentration) of the blood? How does an increase in anaerobicrespiration affect pH in the blood?
