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Evolution (1) Flashcards

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What are the 3 evolutionary principles?

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  • Natural selection.
  • Sexual selection.
  • Population genetics.
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What are the evolutionary events? (2)

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• Species.
• Speciation.

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Evolution?

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= descent with modification.

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What do you mean by descent with modification?

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Modification is seen in subsequent generations.

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“Modification” in descent with modification?

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= change in genetic material (allele/geneotype) due to mutations or genetic recombination.

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Who/What evolves?

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Populations.

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“Descent” in descent with modification?

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= subsequent generations.

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How do we collect evidences of evolution? (2)

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• Experimental data.
• Observational/Descriptive data.

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How do we display evidences of evolution? (2)

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• Cladograms.
• Character tables.

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Who discovered this process called evolution? (2)

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• Charles Darwin.
• Alfred Wallace.

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Hypotheses that Darwin & Wallace presented? (2)

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• Descent with modification.
• Natural selection.

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Through what evolution principle do divergence & convergence happen?

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Natural selection.

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Convergence/convergent evolution?

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= evolution where similar structures evolve independently across different groups.

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Divergence/divergent evolution?

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= evolution where groups diversify from a common ancestor.

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Constituents of evolution/Fundamental questions in evolutionary biology? (2)

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• Patterns.
• Processes.

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Patterns of evolution?

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= where evolutionary biologists often look at the history of life.

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Questions asked under the history of life (patterns of evolution)? (3)

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• What are the origins of life on Earth?
• What do we see in the evolution of traits in new species?
• Mass extinctions (of millions of species).

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Processes of evolution?

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= where evolutionary biologists often refer to the causes of evolution.

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Questions under the causes of evolution (processes of evolution)? (3)

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• What causes new species to arise?
• What are the causes behind trait changes through time?
• What are the causes of the differences in the rates of evolution?

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Evolution over a short time scale attributes? (2)

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• Short generation time.
• Time scale = hours, days, weeks.

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Evolution over a long time scale attributes? (2)

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• Long generation time.
• Time scale = years.

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Result of long-scale evolution/evolution over a long time scale?

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Leads to diversification.

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Pokémon “evolution”?

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= where Pokémon go through metamorphosis/a life cycle and don’t undergo evolution/don’t evolve.

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Why do you say Pokémon go through metamorphosis?

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Because they do not develop over time but instead change form/change morphology.

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Contrast metamorphosis & evolution?

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● Metamorphosis = transformation.

● Evolution = development.

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Evidences of common ancestors? (5)

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• Embryological evidence.
• Homologous structures.
• Vestigial structures.
• Biogeography.
• Biomolecules.

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Cause of evolution?

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Natural selection.

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How is … the cause of evolution?

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Evolution across populations requires populations to have survived over time. Therefore, NS is a cause of evolution as it has enabled & continues to enable populations to evolve through ensuring that they survive environmental pressures by their traits having fitness elements & through the ability of those traits to be passed on from generation to generation.

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Evolution attributes? (3)

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• Unifying theory in biology.
• Scientific fact explained by evolutionary theory (NS).
• Involves descent with modification.

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Evolution breakdown? (2)

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• Evolvere = to unfold/unroll.
• Therefore, evolution = change over time.

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Evolutionary biology?

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= multidisciplinary discipline which includes studies of behaviour, paleontology, etc.

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Evolutionary biologists? (2)

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• Charles Darwin.
• Anusuya Chinsamy.

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Charles Darwin attributes? (3)

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• First to provide evidence of evolution.
• Developed the Theory of natural selection.
• Collected & studied fossils and living specimens from all over the world.

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Changes that evolutionary biologists may investigate? (3)

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• Changes in morphology.
• Changes in genetic diversity.
• Change over time scales.

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Long branchs of phylogenetic tree attributes? (2)

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• “Slow” evolution.
• Evolution occurs over a long period of time.

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Short branchs of phylogenetic tree attributes? (2)

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• Rapid evolution.
• Evolution occurs over a short period time (bursts of evolution).

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Eg of evolution over a short time scale?

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Drug resistant bacteria.

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Theory?

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= based on ideas that are supported by evidence collected & experiments conducted.

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Evidences for evolution? (2)

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• Descent with modification.
• Natural selection.

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Egs of animal groups Darwin studied? (3)

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• Darwin’s finches.
• Beetles.
• Barnacles.

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Where did life begin?

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All life shares one common ancestor.

42
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Eg of embryological evidence?

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Comparison of fish, reptile, bird & human embryos.

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Eg of biomolecules?

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DNA humans share with chimpanzees & zebra fishes.

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Eg of Homologous structures?

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Comparison of arm in birds, bats, horse, human, turtles & seal where birds & bats use wings for flight, while turtles & seals use limbs for swimming.

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Egs of Vestigial structures? (2)

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• Extinct whale ankles.
• Coccyx in humans.

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Homologous structures?

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= similar physical features in organisms that share a common ancestor, but the features serve completely different functions.

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Vestigial structures?

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= structures that have no apparent function & appear to be residual parts from a past ancestor.

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Eg of biogeography?

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Location of the fossils of giant armadillos (North America), giant pangolins (Africa) & giant anteater (South America).

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Egs of convergent evolution? (2)

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• Aquatic organisms (Dolphin, Penguin, Ichthyosaur = similar body shape).

• Aerial organisms (Birds, Bats, Flying fish, Pterodactyls = wings for flight).

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What is convergent evolution a result of?

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Similar selective pressures in unrelated groups.

51
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What is divergent a result of?

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Different selective pressures in related groups.

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Eg of divergent evolution?

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Comparison between the Viceroy butterfly & Monarch butterfly.

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