Evidences for Evolution Flashcards

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Ernst Haeckel

Michael Richardson

A

Drew fake sketches of embryos

Proved all the sketches fraudulent

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Gill slits
Pharyngel pouches 
Vestigial organs
Yolk sac
Embryonic tail
A
Supposed to come from fishes 
Useless organs 
Give food to the body
Produce red blood cells b4 bone marrow
Becomes the tailbone of the spine
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3
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Linnaeus and Cuvier

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Not evolutionists classes of animals (creation)

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Analogous structures

Homologous Structures

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Structures for the same or similar tasks or similar environment; convergent evolution
Similar structures for different tasks believed to be related; divergent evolution

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5
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Convergent evolution

Divergent Evolution

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Is becoming more alike

Is Becoming less alike

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Pleiotrophy
Cytochrome C
Phylogenetic trees
Plasmid (horizontal gene) transfer

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The idea that one gene affects many others
Disproves some of the phylogenetic trees
Supposed ancestor tress coming from different physical traits
Bacteria passing DNA to others at the same level

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Chromosomes
Triplet or codons
Start and stop codons
genes

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Made of DNA and protein
“Words” code for a.a.
Punctuation beginning and end
The codons in one protein “sentences”

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“Junk” DNA or “pseudongenes”
Endogenous retroviruses
ENCODE projects
Mutation

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Parts of the human genome that are thought to have no part in the production or making of proteins
Junks DNA in my chromosomes
Study for Jin DNA in the human genome finding 93% is significant and thought to be 100% if further studied
Added or subtracted genes, gain or loss in genetic info

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