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Ch 20: Evolution Flashcards

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Species

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A group of individuals that can exchange genetic material through interbreeding to produce fertile offspring.

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Gene Pool

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All the alleles present in all individuals in a population or species.

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Population

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All the individuals of a given species that live and reproduce in a particular place; one of several interbreeding groups of organisms of the same species living in the same geographical area.

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Somatic Mutation

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A mutation that occurs in somatic cells.

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Germ-line Mutation

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A mutation that occurs in eggs and sperm or in the cells that give rise to these reproductive cells and therefore is passed on to the next generation.

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Neutral Mutation

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Genetic changes that have no effect or negligible effects on the organism, or whose effects are not associated with differences in survival or reproduction.

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Deleterious

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Genetic changes that are harmful to an organism.

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Advantageous

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Genetic changes that improve their carriers’ chances of survival or reproduction.

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Allele Frequency

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The proportion of a specified allele among all the alleles of a gene in a population.

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Fixed Population

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In genetics, describes the situation in which all individuals in a population are homozygous for the same allele of a particular gene; the noun form is fixation. In metabolism, refers to the processes by which simple inorganic molecules are converted into biologically available forms, especially carbon fixation and nitrogen fixation.

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Genotype Frequency

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The proportion of a specified genotype among all the genotypes for a particular gene or set of genes in a population.

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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

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A state in which allele and genotype frequencies do not change over time, implying the absence of evolutionary forces. It also specifies a mathematical relationship between allele frequencies and genotype frequencies.

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Selection

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The retention or elimination of mutations in a population of organisms.

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Genetic Drift

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A random change in the frequency of an allele due to the statistical effects of finite population size.

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Non-random Mating

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Mate selection biased by genotype or relatedness.

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Fitness

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A measure of the extent to which an individual’s genotype is represented in the next generation.

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Modern Synthesis

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The current theory of evolution, which combines Darwin’s theory of natural selection and Mendelian genetics.

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Positive Selection

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Natural selection that increases the frequency of a favorable allele.

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Negative Selection

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Natural selection that reduces the frequency of a deleterious allele.

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Balancing Selection

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Natural selection that acts to maintain two or more alleles of a given gene in a population.

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Heterozygote Advantage

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A form of balancing selection in which the heterozygote’s fitness is higher than that of either of the homozygotes, resulting in selection that ensures that both alleles remain in the population at intermediate frequencies.

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Stabilizing Selection

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A form of selection that selects against extremes and therefore maintains the status quo.

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Directional Selection

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A form of selection that results in a shift of the mean value of a trait in a population over time.

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Artificial Selection

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A form of directional selection similar to natural selection, but with selection done intentionally by humans, usually with a specific goal in mind, such as increased milk yield in cattle.

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Disruptive Selection

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A form of selection that operates in favor of extremes and against intermediate forms, selecting against the mean.

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Sexual Selection

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A form of selection that promotes traits that increase an individual’s access to reproductive opportunities.

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Intrasexual Selection

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A form of sexual selection involving interactions between individuals of one sex, as when members of one sex compete with one another for access to the other sex.

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Intersexual Selection

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A form of sexual selection involving interaction between males and females, as when females choose from among males.

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Bottleneck Effect

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An extreme, usually temporary, reduction in population size that may result in marked loss of genetic diversity and, in the process, genetic drift.

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Founder Event

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A type of genetic drift that occurs when only a few individuals establish a new population.

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Migration

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The movement of organisms from one place to another, including the movement of individuals from one population to another.

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Gene Flow

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The movement of alleles from one population to another through interbreeding between members of each population.

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Inbreeding Depression

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A reduction in fitness resulting from breeding among relatives causing homozygosity of deleterious recessive mutations.

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Molecular Evolution

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Evolution at the level of DNA, which in time results in the genetic divergence of populations.

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Molecular Clock

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The observation of rate constancy in molecular evolution. The extent of genetic divergence at a gene in two taxa is thus a reflection of the time since the taxa last shared a common ancestor.

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Pseudogene

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A gene that is no longer functional.

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All the alleles present in all individuals in a species are referred to as the _____ of that species.

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gene pool

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Allele frequency can be measured using what technique?

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DNA sequencing

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What does the term 2pq represent in the Hardy-Weinberg equation?

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the frequency of heterozygotes

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How does gel electrophoresis allow researchers to observe genetic variation?

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Gel electrophoresis enables scientists to distinguish allele variants of a gene.

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T/F: Sexual reproduction of diploid individuals is one of the conditions of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

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True

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Genetic variation has two sources: mutation and:

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recombination

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When calculating the allele frequency of allele A in a population, you multiply the frequency of individuals who are homozygous for A by 2 because:

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each individual who is homozygous for A has two copies of the allele.

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A population in biology refers to a group of individuals in the same geographic area that:

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are the same species.

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A researcher is studying the color of grasshopper exoskeletons. Assume that this phenotype is caused by the action of two alleles. Green grasshoppers have the genotype AA and brown grasshoppers have the genotype aa. If the frequency of the A allele in this population is 0.2, what is the frequency of the a allele?

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0.8

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What is the fundamental concept that causes gel electrophoresis of proteins to work?

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Different proteins have different charges and sizes.

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T/F: Evolution typically occurs when all conditions of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium are met.

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False

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As a population geneticist, you find a species of snails with more genetic diversity than humans. What does this mean?

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There is more variation in the gene pool of snails than humans.

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If there are 100 diploid individuals in a population and 20 are homozygous for B, 60 are heterozygous, and 20 are homozygous for b, what is the allele frequency of B?

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50%

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Why is Hardy-Weinberg such a valuable tool when examining populations?

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It enables us to identify whether a population is evolving.

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If a gene has two alleles, and allele A has a frequency of 83 percent, then allele a has a frequency of:

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17%

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