Bio3520 Quiz 1, 10 pts (Print your name on the back, top left corner)
    Multiple choice, 2 pts each:

  1. Cultural transmission involves
    1. a helper and a parent.
    2. a worker and a soldier.
    3. a demonstrator and an observer.
    4. a queen and a king.
    5. a master and a slave.
  2. Evolution of an ancestral Galapagos finch into 14 species with different beaks is evidence for
    1. kin selection.
    2. natural selection.
    3. artificial selection.
    4. cultural transmission.
    5. all of the above.
  3. If the phenotypic differences such as ovipositor lengths in parents and offspring are uncorrelated, they are likely due to ________ variance.
    1. kinship
    2. environmental
    3. genetic
    4. learning
    5. transmission
  4. Quantitative trait loci are most useful in the analysis of
    1. traits encoded by the expression of multiple genes.
    2. traits that are heritable.
    3. traits encoded by a recessive allele.
    4. traits encoded by the expression of one gene.
    5. traits encoded by a dominant allele.

    Fill in, 2 pts each:

  5. Scientific work in ethology can be done using three approaches: conceptual, theoretical, and __________________ .

    Extra credit, 1 pt each:

  6. The bird labeled "10" is a
    1. woodpecker finch.
    2. cactus finch.
    3. warbler finch.
    4. ground finch.
    5. Cocos finch.