7.5 Review Questions
Review Questions
Below are a few questions to help you review the concepts in this chapter.
- What is the difference between positive selection and negative selection?
- What is an exaptation?
- What is a spandrel?
- What are the different types of adaptations? Provide an example of each.
- What type of adaptation is culture? Is culture unique to humans?
- What are canalization and plasticity?
- What is gene-environment interaction, and what role does it play in the expression of phenotypes?
- Are most traits canalized, plastic, or something inbetween? Explain.