Which of the Following Is an Example of Sensory Adaptation

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of sensory adaptation?

• A) The act of trying to read a book while riding in a car causes eyestrain.
• B) When it is totally dark, the rods and cones of the eyes do not send any visual impulses.
• C) After the wound healed, the pain also went away.
• D) You notice the smell of liver and onions cooking when you enter the kitchen, but soon you do not notice the odor although they are still cooking.
• E) At first you did not like rock music but as you became older, you found you liked it.

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Definitions:

Horizontal Gene Transfer

Horizontal gene transfer is the transfer of genetic material — other than from parent to offspring — to another organism, sometimes a distantly related one, without reproduction. Once this material is added to the recipient’s genome, it can be inherited by descent.

Genome Size

The total amount of DNA contained within one copy of a single complete set of chromosomes of an organism.

Genetic Hitchhiking

The process by which an allele rises in frequency within a population because it is linked to a beneficial allele under selection.

Tree Topologies

The arrangement and structure of branches in a phylogenetic tree, representing evolutionary relationships among various species or genes.