What Characteristics Do Tendons and Ligaments Share with Muscles

question 29

Multiple Choice

What characteristics do tendons and ligaments share with muscles?

• A) extensibility
• B) elasticity
• C) contractility
• D) both A and B
• E) all of the above

Understand horizontal gene transfer and its exclusion from mechanisms that drive speciation.

Understand the concepts and mechanisms of speciation, including sympatric and allopatric speciation.

Describe the role of genetic variation and natural selection in the evolution of species.

Explain the significance of reproductive isolating mechanisms in the speciation process.

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