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1. Who coined the term ‘cline’ to refer to a gradient of a phenotypic or genetic
character within a single species ?
A) Carolus Linnaeus
B) John Lindley
C) Thomas Henry Huxley
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D) Julian Huxley

2. In Zoological nomenclature, a hapantotype is

A) One or more preparations consisting of directly related individuals
representing distinct stages in the life cycle, which together form the
name-bearing type in an extant species of protistan

B) Each specimen of a former syntype series remaining after the
designation of a lectotype

C) Specimen originating from the type locality of the species or subspecies
to which it is thought to belong, whether or not the specimen is part of the
type series

D) Asyntype designated as the single name-bearing type specimen
subsequent to the establishment of a nominal species or subspecies

3. In DNA barcoding, the barcode gap refers to

A) The physical separation between different DNA barcodes on a gel

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B) The spatial gap between species occurrences in a geographical region
C) The unique pattern of DNA banding on an agarose gel

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D) The discrepancy in sequence similarity between closely related species
and within a species