BIOL 102 Flashcards
What did Darwin and Wallace hypothesize?
Species evolve due to changes in a population from one generation to the next (shared ancestry)
How to measure survival of the fittest?
number of mates, number of offspring, number of grandchildren
What are adaptations
anatomical, physiological, or behavioral traits that are inheritable, increase an individuals survival/reproduction to its environment, is functional, variations of population, and increases fittness
Natural selection
process by which certain inherited traits make it easier for some individuals to survive/reproduction by changing the genetic makeup of population overtime.
Evolution
genetic makeup of a population that changes overtime, sometimes resulting in the adaptations to new environments
Homologous traits
traits similar across species because their common ancestor passed down those traits to its descendants
transitional features
are intermediate traits that are present in extinct species
pedigrees
track inheritance of a trait across generations and make predicitons
carrier
an individual who has one copy of the allele but is not expressed phenotypically
express the trait
shown phenotypically
recessive or dominant in pedigree?
recessive often skip a generation
Chiasmata is…
formed between homologous chromosomes
autosomal
neither male of female; only 1 pair of sex chromosomes
X-linked inheritance?
only effects the X in males and females
co-dominant
Fully expressed in different parts (patches of black, patches of white on a cow) use all capital letters (3 phenotypes)
incomplete dominance
red, white create pink (3 phenotypes)
Y-linked ?
biological males have only 1 Y chromosome- 1 allele; males only pass down their Y-linked traits to their songs
Mutations….
introduce permanent changes to an individual’s genetic material
deleterious mutation
harmful
neutral mutations
dont really know they are there
advantageous mutation
helps one survive and reproduce
Hardy-weinberg equilibrium means no what?
no evolution is occuring
5 assumptions of HW E?
- no natural selection
- no migration
- no genetic drift
- no mutations
- random mating
- large populations
gene pool?
double the amount of alleles (150—-300)