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________________’s influential book entitled On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was published on November 24,1859.

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Charles Darwin

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Over generations, individuals with the best functioning traits are consistently selected, _____________ ____________ are produced.

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evolutionary adaptations

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Darwin’s research was nontraditional because he suggested that ___________________________

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the Earth was relatively old and populated by all species being related to each other.

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In his theory, he predicted _____________________to have existed between species

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numerous intermediates

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Darwin’s views were

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embraced by some, and rejected by others

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In December 1831, Darwin (age 22) left Great Britain as the on board naturalist of the ____________

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HMS Beagle.

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Darwin realized that the distribution of species in the _________________ was unusual.

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galapagos islands

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It was apparent to him that many Galápagos species resembled those found in South America, but showed some____________________

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variation

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Darwin was strongly influenced by the writings of geologist ____________, who promoted the idea of an ancient Earth.

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Charles Lyell

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What two things was Darwin convinces of

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– the Earth was very old, had been shaped by slow processes and continues to change even today.
– just as earth changed, or evolved, so could the organisms that lived upon it, because they responded to their environment

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– the Earth was very old, had been shaped by _____

___________, and continues to change even today.

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slow processes

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just as earth changed, or evolved, so could the organisms that lived upon it, because they

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responded to their environment

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In The Origin of Species, Darwin emphasized two main points.

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– All organisms inhabiting Earth today are derived from ancestral species that may have looked differently (descent with modification).
– The mechanism by which this was accomplished is natural selection
– As organisms reproduce, they can have a variety of offspring. Those offspring best fit for their environment are most fit to survive and reprorduce

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What are the 4 evidences used to support evolution

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fossils, biogeography, comparative anatomy, and molecular biology

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are remnants of organisms that lived in the

past that have been turned to stone.

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fossils

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fossils can include

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plants, animals, impressions, bones, & soft tissues.

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______________ is where fossilization is most likely.

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sedementary rock

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Fossils are often used to

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compare anatomy with extinct organisms with extant ones

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interpreted as chronology of fossils embedded in rock layers of different ages.

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fossil record

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Fossil records are used to

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show that organisms appeared in a historical sequence.

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Older more primitive organisms at the_______

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bottum of fossils

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________more advanced organisms at the top of the fossil

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newer

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is the study of the geographic distribution of species.

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biogeography

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Darwin observed Galápagos birds that resembled those in South America. The resemblance infers that

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they shared a common ancestor.

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Natural selection then explains that organisms

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must have specific characteristics to live in a particular environment

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is the comparison of body structure between different species.

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comparative anatomy

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is the similarity of structures due to common ancestry

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homology

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Ancestral structures became

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modified to undergo a new function

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__is the similarity of structures based on function, but does not share common ancestry.

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analogy

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Forelimbs of mammals are constructed from the same skeletal elements, because they are interpreted as sharing a common ancestor they are considered _____________

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homologous structures

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is the comparison of structures that appear similar during the development of different organisms

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Comparative embryology

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During early embryology, some vertebrates look similar, implying they have very similar features, which may indicate ______________________.

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common ancestry

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is also used to show evolutionary relationships among species.

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Molecular biology of organisms

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can be used to determine how distantly (or closely) organisms are related.

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DNA sequence

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The more similar one’s DNA is to an organism,

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the more likely that they are closely related

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The less similar one’s DNA is to an organism,

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they are more likely distantly related.

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The similarity between human and chimpanzee DNA is __________.

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98%

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This is the most similar genetic match of humans with any species.

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The similarity between human and chimpanzee DNA

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Evolutionary biologists indicate that the genetic match of humans with any species. is due to

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a close evolutionary relationship.

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Darwin’s Galápagos ————re an example of adaptive evolution as a result of natural selection.

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s finches a

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how many finches are there

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14

42
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the __________ shape of a finches favors certain ___________

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beak shape, certain enviroments

43
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All the individuals in a population have

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slightly different characteristics

44
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Much of this individual variation is______________, and passed down from generation to generation

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heritable

45
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Individuals with less reproductive success die,

therefore they do _______________.

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not reproduce

46
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Only those individuals with traits best suited for their environment,_________________ _leaving a greater number of offspring.

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are more likely to survive, and reproduce,

47
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The genes of individuals with traits suited for their enviroment that are favored by this process (“selected for”) _______________in the population than genes of individuals not favored (“selected against”).

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will occur in greater frequency

48
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Examples of natural selection we are observing right now include
– Pesticide resistance in insects

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Insects with a resistance to pesticides, will be the ones more likely to survive and reproduce.

49
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Consistent use of antibiotics can select for __________ strains of bacteria that are difficult to treat. (__________

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antibiotic resistant MRSA

50
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is a group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time.

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A population

51
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Because variance amongst individuals must be present to select from, ______________are the smallest biological unit that can evolve.

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populations

52
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___________________ investigate the fate of populations as evolutionary units.

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population gentisits

53
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Tracking the genetic makeup of populations over time allows us to determine whether

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a population is evolving and how fast it is changing.

54
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In genetic variation studies, Although there is a lot of variation among individuals of a population differences in ___________________ are what is looked at.

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genetic (heritable) components

55
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Mutations are random ________________of an organism.

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changes in DNA

56
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Most mutations are ______________, but sometimes they are

considered to be beneficial.

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deleterious

57
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shuffles and distributes genetic material during meiotic divisions.

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Sexual recombination

58
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DNA containing these mutations can then be passed

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from a parent to an offspring

59
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includes all versions (alleles) of all genes in all

individuals making up a population.

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the gene pool

60
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What is the gene pool?

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is the collective genome of the population.

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in a gene pool occur at certain frequencies.

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alleles

62
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can be symbolized by p for the relative frequency of the dominant (expressed) allele in the population and q for the frequency of the recessive (hidden) allele in the population.

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p+q=1
p=dominant
q=recessive

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These symbols are represented in the Hardy Weinburg equilibrium

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p^2+2pq+q^2

64
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p^2

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homozygous dominant

65
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2pq

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heterozygotes

66
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q^2

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homozygous recessive

67
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The Hardy-Weinberg equation adds up all of the ____________ in a population and is used to determine expected ______________ of the next generation.

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genotypes, phenotypes

68
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If the Hardy-Weinberg equation is in equilibrium, this describes a ____________________ that is in genetic stasis (not changing over time).

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non-evolving population

69
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When the Hardy –Weinberg equation is not in equilibrium, the allele frequencies continually change over time, and the population is undergoing small scale evolution called ____________________.

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microevolution

70
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Allele frequency
P+Q=1
What is the formulas for p and q?

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p  number of dominant alleles for a given gene in a population/ sum of totalalleles for a given gene in the population

q  number of recessive alleles for a given gene in a population /sum of totalalleles for a given gene in the population

71
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If a locus has two alleles, W and w, there could be three

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possible genotypes: WW, Ww, and ww.

72
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 Imagine that there are two alleles in a blue-footed booby population, W and w.
– Uppercase W is a dominant allele for a nonwebbed booby foot.
– Lowercase w is a recessive allele for a webbed booby

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Consider the gene pool of a population of 500 boobies. – 320 (64%) are homozygous dominant (WW).
– 160 (32%) are heterozygous (Ww).
– 20 (4%) are homozygous recessive (ww).
– p = 80% of alleles in the booby population are W. – q = 20% of alleles in the booby population are w.

73
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The frequency of all three genotypes must be

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100% or 1.0.

74
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The Hardy-Weinberg equation that can test if a population is evoloving

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p2 + 2pq + q2 = 100% = 1.0

75
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What about the next generation of boobies?

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-The probability that a booby sperm or egg carries W = 0.8 or 80%
________.
– The probability that a sperm or egg carries w = 0.2 or 20%
– The genotype frequencies will remain constant generation after generation unless something acts to change the gene pool.

76
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is measured by changes in allele frequency in a population.

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Microevolution

77
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Mechanisms of microevolution

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– genetic drift
– gene flow
– mutations

78
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_______________is a change in the gene pool of a small population due to chance.

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genetic drift

79
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– is an example of genetic drift.
– results from a drastic reduction in population size. and therefore a reduction in genetic variation
because this limits the possible genes to select from

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The bottle neck effect

80
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the bottle neck effect – is an example of genetic drift.
– results from ________________________________________
because this limits the possible genes to select from

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a drastic reduction in population size. and therefore a reduction in genetic variation

81
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The ______________ is genetic drift in a new colony.

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the founder effect

82
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It explains why certain unusual alleles (such as genetic disorders among humans) are expressed more frequently in populations founded by only few individuals than in the original, large population.
– Founding populations of Galapagos organisms carried only a small, random subset of mainland population genomes.

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Their allele frequencies therefore were different from that of mainland populations, and this allowed rapid diversification.

83
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Tristan da Cunha is the world’s most remote inhabited island.
– In 1815, fifteen British settlers colonized the island, one of whom carried the recessive allele for an eye disease (retinitis pigmentosa).

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Example of the founder effect

– In the 1960s, some decedents still living on the island, still had the eye disease.

84
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When populations regularly or irregularly exchange genetic material, this is called ________________.

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gene flow

85
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The influx of genetic material from other populations will reduce

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the genetic differences between populations.

86
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______________ are permanent changes in an organism’s genome.

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mutations

87
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A single mutation in a single organism ordinarily will not have an impact on a large population since most mutations are

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lethal.

88
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A mutation that is beneficial ___________________, however, can make the difference between survival and death.

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during periods of environmental stress

89
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n those conditions, the mutation may______________________________ in the population, favoring those organisms in a population which carried that allele.

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significantly alter the allele frequencies

90
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_________________is the contribution an individual makes to the gene pool of the next generation relative to contributions of others within that population.

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relative fitness

91
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Genes are contributed to the next generation

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through offspring.

92
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The number of offspring is a way to determine

zero offspring=

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fitness; zero fitness

93
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During ___________________the phenotype of a population is shifted.

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directional selection

94
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directional selection type of selection favors a more __________shifting alleles in a population

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extreme phenotype,

ex: Mice

95
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during ______________________both extremes of phenotype are favored.

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disruptive selection

96
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disruptive selection : _______________ is not advantageous and its frequency becomes reduced.

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The intermediate phenotype

97
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During ___________________the variation of a particular trait becomes limited.

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stabilizing selection

98
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If the extreme trait values are not beneficial, then the _______________________

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itermediate is selected/ mean value is selected for.

99
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– is a form of natural selection

– in which individuals with certain characteristics are more likely than other individuals to obtain mates.

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sexual selection

100
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In many animal species, males and females show distinctly different appearances, called ____________ ________________.

A

sexual selection

101
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Intrasexual selection (within the same sex) involves competition for ___________________

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mates, usually by males.

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