1. Adaptation & Biodiversity Flashcards
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The Theory of Evolution
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- Living things change gradually over time
- Adaptations have arisen through natural selection
2
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Lineages are split by…
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speciation (causes biodiversity)
3
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Macroevolution
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Evolutionary History
4
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Microevolution
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Evolutionary Mechanisms (processes such as natural selection)
5
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Observational
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to describe and quantify
6
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Theoretical
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to develop models (ie: verbal, graphical, mathematical or computational)
7
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Comparative
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to obtain some data from many species
8
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Experimental
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Manipulate a system to address a specific hypothesis
9
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Evolutionary History
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Determining evolutionary relationships of organisms in terms of common ancestry
10
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Evolutionary Mechanisms
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Focuses primarily on population level
