Taber Is Researching His Family Tree

question 24

Multiple Choice

Taber is researching his family tree.He is surprised to find out that in the 1940s a distant relative had surgery in which a large portion of the frontal lobe of his cortex was removed.What treatment did Taber's relative receive?

• A) split brain operation
• B) frontal lobotomy
• C) parietal lobotomy
• D) hypothalamic lobotomy

Identify the factors that lead to the loss of genetic variation in populations.

Understand the role of sexual selection and sexual dimorphism in the evolution of species.

Explain the impact of genetic drift, particularly in small populations.

Describe the processes that lead to sympatric and allopatric speciation.

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