Crossing over between nonsister chromatids during meiosis is significant in heredity. this process most likely leads to an increase in which of the following?
a. the expression of dominant traits
b. number of gametes
c. the occurrence of polyploidy
d. genetic variation

Cladistics is a way of classifying organisms by examining the characteristics of their ancestors and descendants and depicting the relationships in a cladogram. which of the following best describes a challenge in classifying organisms this way? a. there are millions of species on earth, and a cladogram is not a practical means for classifying all of them. b. it is impossible to tell which organisms are most closely related to each other using a cladogram. c. cladograms are detail-oriented and do not provide a useful understanding of evolutionary relationships. d. there is a limited number of ways to organize the information, so most cladograms end up looking very similar.

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are different in many ways other than the presence or absence of a nucleus. if both archaebacteria and eubacteria are prokaryotic cells, then why are archaebacteria more closely related to eukaryotic cells than they are to eubacteria?

How does the structure of fats enable them to hold so much energy?