Vavilovian mimicry - 2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)

Question

This process may lead to the evolution of “secondary crops,” whose most famous examples include rye and oats. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this form of mimicry in which artificial selection against weeds, including practices such as weeding and winnowing, causes weeds to become more similar to the crops they grow alongside.

ANSWER: Vavilovian mimicry

[10m] Many members of this plant family achieve pollination through pseudocopulation, in which the flower mimics a female bee, wasp, or fly. A striking example is the genus Ophrys, known as the “bee [these plants].”

ANSWER: orchids [or Orchidaceae]

[10e] Several agave species are covered with brightly colored thorn-like protrusions that are harmless, an example of this form of mimicry. It is contrasted with two defended species sharing a warning signal, called Müllerian mimicry.

ANSWER: Batesian mimicry

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Summary


2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo	10/28/2023	Y	4	15.00	75%	75%	0%
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU	10/28/2023	Y	2	5.00	0%	50%	0%
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)	10/21/2023	Y	3	16.67	67%	67%	33%
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)	10/21/2023	Y	7	12.86	71%	43%	14%
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)	10/28/2023	Y	2	15.00	50%	100%	0%
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)	10/28/2023	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)	10/28/2023	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC	10/28/2023	Y	3	6.67	33%	33%	0%

Data


Columbia A	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
UMD A	Cornell B	10	0	10	20
JHU B	John Jay A	0	0	10	10
NYU	UMD B	0	10	0	10
Pitt	JHU A	0	0	0	0
RIT	Swarthmore	0	0	10	10
Rutgers	Cornell A	0	10	10	20