Evolution

Question 1

Evolution

Answer 1

non-random selection of random variables

Question 2

Beliefs in the ancient world

Answer 2

viewed species as fixed and unchanging, spontaneously appearing

Question 3

beliefs in the abrahamic world

Answer 3

divinely designed

Question 4

beliefs in the enlightenment

Answer 4

each species has a purpose

Question 5

Catastrophism

Answer 5

study of palaeontology, doesn’t believe in gradual change

Question 6

Gradualism

Answer 6

Geological features explained by gradual mechanisms operating

Question 7

Lamarckian Evolution

Answer 7

Use and disuse
Inheritance of acquired traits
Organisms altered behaviour in response to environmental change

Question 8

Fossil Record

Answer 8

Examining extinct species and identifying their era
Issues - Soft tissue and uncommon

Question 9

Dating Methods

Answer 9

Relative dating and Radiometric dating

Question 10

Relative dating

Answer 10

Using the position of the fossil within the rock

Question 11

Radiometric dating

Answer 11

Using radioactive decay, half-life

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Biogeography

Answer 12

Study of the biological distribution of organisms

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Homology

Answer 13

Similarities between organisms due to a common ancestor

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Analogy

Answer 14

Similarities between organisms due to similar adaptations to their environment

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Vestigial Organs

Answer 15

Seemingly useless organs leftover from ancestors

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Molecular Evolution

Answer 16

The sharing of genes between different organisms

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Discrete Characters

Answer 17

no blend, single locus with different alleles

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Polymorphism

Answer 18

2 or more discrete characters are present and noticeable within a population “morphs”

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Microevolution

Answer 19

Change in allele frequency in a population

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Macroevolution

Answer 19

Large-scale changes in an organism

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Gene Pool

Answer 20

All of the alleles for all the loci present in the population

Question 21

Genotypic frequency

Answer 21

the proportion of a particular genotype in a population

Question 22

Allele frequency

Answer 22

the proportion of a particular allele in a population

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Genetic Equilibrium

Answer 23

The frequency of alleles do not change from gen-to-gen

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Hardy-Weinberg Principle

Answer 24

p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1
p + q = 1

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Genetic fitness

Answer 25

the genotype that produces the most offspring

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Mutation

Answer 26

new genes and new alleles only by mutation
only passed on if present in gametes

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Genetic Drift

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change in gene pool due to a random change

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Gene Flow

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mixing of populations leading to a change in available alleles

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Bottleneck effect

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an event at which a small fraction of the population survives

Question 30

Founder effect

Answer 30

sample population segregates themselves changing available genes

Question 31

Sexual Selection

Answer 31

mate choice and competition

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Mate Choice

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females choosing the most impressive male

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Intrasexual Selection

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Competition between males for a female

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Natural Selection

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adaptation of an organism to its environment
Positive - increasing frequency
Negative - decreasing frequency

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Stabilizing Selection

Answer 35

Select against phenotypic extremes

Question 36

Directional Selection

Answer 36

Select a phenotypic extreme

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Disruptive Selection

Answer 37

Select both phenotypic extremes, eventually 2 different species