Consider Three Populations of a Plant Species, Each of Which

question 36

Multiple Choice

Consider three populations of a plant species, each of which is isolated from other populations of the same species. Population X has had approximately 100 individuals in each generation for the past 200 generations. Population Y has had approximately 10 000 individuals in each generation for the past 200 generations. Population Z has had approximately 1 million individuals in each generation for the past 200 generations. If the environment changed and a new environmental condition exerted the exact same strength of directional selection on all three populations, which population would we expect to evolve most rapidly?

• A) population X
• B) population Y
• C) population Z
• D) All three populations would evolve at the same rate.

Identify effective strategies for encoding information into long-term memory.

Distinguish between different types of rehearsal (maintenance vs. elaborative) and their effectiveness for memory retention.

Comprehend the influence of the self-reference effect on memory improvement.

Understand the role of semantic and episodic memory within long-term memory.

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