Whether You Cumulate a Frequency Distribution from the Bottom Up

question 54

True/False

Whether you cumulate a frequency distribution from the bottom up or the top down depends on how you want to discuss the data.

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Definitions:

Caterpillars

The larval stage of butterflies and moths, during which they often feed voraciously before undergoing metamorphosis into adults.

Phylogenetic Species Concept

The phylogenetic species concept is the idea that species are the smallest possible groups whose members are descended from a common ancestor and who all possess defining or derived characteristics that distinguish them from other such groups.

Biological Species Concept

Holds that species are groups of actually (or potentially) interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups.

General Lineage Species Concept

The general lineage species concept is the idea that species are metapopulations of organisms that exchange alleles frequently enough that they constitute the same gene pool and therefore the same evolutionary lineage.