To Answer Questions About the Genetic Changes Underlying Speciation, Scientists

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Multiple Choice

To answer questions about the genetic changes underlying speciation, scientists are now isolating and sequencing ____.

• A) sympatric genes
• B) allopatric genes
• C) neutral mutations
• D) deleterious mutations
• E) speciation genes

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Definitions:

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the magnitude of the experimental effect, indicating the size of the difference between groups or the strength of a relationship between variables.

Exact Replications

Exact replications involve conducting studies or experiments by closely duplicating the methodology of previous research to validate or challenge the original findings.

Conceptual Replications

attempt to test the same hypothesis as previous studies but using different methods, materials, or conditions to establish generalizability.

Independent Variable

A variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effects on the dependent variable.