evolution

Question 1

speciation

Answer 1

formation of new species

Question 2

reproductive isolation

Answer 2

members of two populations cannot inter breed and produce fertile offspring

Question 3

Darwin’s finches

Answer 3

founders arrive, geographic isolation, changes in gene pool, reproductive isolation

Question 4

genetic variation #1

Answer 4

mutations

Question 5

genetic variation #2

Answer 5

genetic recombination during sexual reproduction

Question 6

genetic variation #3

Answer 6

lateral gene transfer

Question 7

mutation

Answer 7

is a heritable change in gene sequence

Question 8

mutations occur in

Answer 8

gametes

Question 9

mutations cannot occur in

Answer 9

somatic cells

Question 10

genetic recombination example

Answer 10

crossing over

Question 11

lateral gene transfer example

Answer 11

conjugation

Question 12

single gene traits

Answer 12

a trait that is controlled by only one gene

Question 13

polygenic traits

Answer 13

a trait that is controlled by 2 or more genes

Question 14

phylogeny

Answer 14

study of the evolutionary history of lineages of organisms

Question 15

clade

Answer 15

a group of species that includes a single common ancestry and descendants of that ancestors- living or extinct