Bio Lab 112: Midterms Flashcards
3 things that must occur for Natural Selection
- Individual variation: trait must vary between individual
- Variation from the first individual results in some individuals being better able to survive and reproduce
- Trait variations are inherited: favorable traits are passed to offspring, making them better able to survive
3 types of natural selection
stabilizing: the average is selected
directional: one extreme is selected
disruptive: both extremes are selected
Define independent variable
independent variable: the variable that can be manipulated by scientist; horizontal/x axis
Define Dependent variable
Dependent variable: the measured outcome; vertical/ y axis
Define Key
Key: identifies the diff. symbols on a graph
Define Legend
Legend: descriptive caption about a graph
Define Adaptations
Adaptations: traits that evolve by natural selection to answer specific problems
Define Species diversity
Species diversity: results from separate populations by one species taking diff. evolutionary paths
Define Evolutionary change
evolutionary change: change in the frequency of genetics traits in a POPULATION of a species
Do species undergo evolutionary change?
No, species don’t; the POPULATION of a species do
Define ingroup
the group of species on a phylogeny tree that is being studied
Define outgroup
The ancestors very closely related to the ingroup, but not part of it
Define ancestral trait
one inherited trait from ancestor that’s unchanged
Define derived trait
trait that is changed from the ancestor
Define convergent evolution
Same trait evolves more than once, independently
Define reversal
trait undergoes change from derived back to ancestral
Define shared ancestral trait
ancestral traits in some in outgroup and some of ingroup
Define shared derived trait
derived traits in more than one ingroup but none in outgroup.