What Did Charles Darwin Investigate While Visiting the Galapagos Islands

question 35

Multiple Choice

What did Charles Darwin investigate while visiting the Galapagos Islands?

• A) How the island species were completely different.
• B) How the island species resembled those from nearby islands.
• C) How the island species resembled those on other arid islands.
• D) How the island species resembled those from continental South America.
• E) How the islands were inhabited at all since they were 600 miles away from South America.

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Definitions:

Nucleotide Excision Repair

A DNA repair mechanism that removes and correctly replaces a damaged DNA segment in the genome.

Nuclease

An enzyme that cleaves the chains of nucleotides in nucleic acids into smaller units.

DNA Ligase

An enzyme essential for DNA replication and repair, responsible for joining the breaks in the double-stranded DNA molecule.

Pyrimidine Bases

Nitrogen-containing compounds found in DNA and RNA, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil.