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.

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