8. evolution Flashcards

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biogeography

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using continents drifting to show evolution

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embryology

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using ontogeny (development stages) among related species to do phylogeny

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homologous structure

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body parts that look the same but different species but COMMON ANCESTOR

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analogous / homeoplasies structure

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body parts that look same but just same environment

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analogous vs homologous

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ask if its same class (mammals). if not, then analogous

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sexual dimorphism

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disruptive selection due to too much sexual selection

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balanced polymorphism

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two or more phenotypes. adds variation

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hybrid vigor

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good survival of hybrid. usually due to heterozygous advantage

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natural selection

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changes allele frequencies

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gene flow

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new alleles changes from immigration or emigration

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genetic drift

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small population fluctuating alleles

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founder effect

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alleles are different of migrating group by chance

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bottleneck

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genetic drift vulnerable from natural disaster

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nonrandom mating

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choose mates on traits. like inbreeding, or sexual selection

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hardy weinberg

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no allele changes.

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allopatric speciation

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geo barrier then alleles change

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sympatric speciation

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new species w/o barrier

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hybrid zone

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two species that are closely related breed in a geo boundary

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adaptive radiation

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evolution of many species from one ancestor. done in new niches

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divergent evolution

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two or more species originate from common ancestor and become increasingly different over time

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convergent evolution

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two unrelated species share traits (analogous)

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paralell evolution

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two related species made more similar after divergence

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coevolution

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evolution of one species based on another

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phyletic gradualism

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evolution by small changes. macro

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punctuated eq

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stability then rapid evolution alternation. macro

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operin’s hypothesis

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origin of earth is reducing not Ox!

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miller and urey

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used several stuff with lightening and saw many organic molecules form

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*** Origin of life skipped

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see ch

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vestigial structure

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– structures that appear to be useless but had ancestral function;

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mullein mimicry

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  • two or more harmful species that are not closely related, and share one or more
    common predators, have come to mimic each other’s warning signals
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batsman mimicry

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– deceptive; harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a common predator

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deme

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small population of the same species that interbreed. like certain beavers on a river

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synaptomorphies

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shared traits common to a clafe

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monophyletic

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ancestral species and descendents

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paraphyletic

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ancestor and some descendents

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polyphyletic

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common ancestor is not in group!!