Parallelism in Development

question 36

Multiple Choice

Parallelism in development

• A) was advocated by von Baer.
• B) was the idea that developmental stages progress from the simple to the complex, reflecting the scala naturae.
• C) refers to the colinearity of Hox genes.
• D) is a method of gene duplication.

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Definitions:

Regression Slope

Indicates the steepness and direction of the linear relationship between two variables on a regression plot.

Variance

A calculation of how spread out a data set is, determined by the mean of the squared deviations from the average.

Least Squares Estimates

A statistical method used to determine the line of best fit by minimizing the sum of squares of the errors between observed and predicted values.

Slope

In mathematics and statistics, it represents the rate at which a line inclines or declines, showing the change in the dependent variable for a unit change in the independent variable.