Evolution#2 Flashcards

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Evoluation

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changes in population gene pool

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gene pool

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all genes in population

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agent of change (gene pool):

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natural selection, mutations

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4
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benefical mutations

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make organisms better fit (human mutation help others survive plague, small pox and aids)

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5
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sexual reproduction

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result in genetic variation, major change agent in eukaryotes and diploid

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mutation

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major change in prokaryotes

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eukaryotes and diploid

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in meiosis, genetic recompination and indepedent assortment, chromosome form tetrad and crossing over

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gene flow

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changes in population gene pool due to migration (if one population migrate to another populaion, change gene variability (more genes for good or bad or less, dependent on which population migrate)

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9
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genetic drift

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chanages in population gene pool due to chance

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10
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bottle neck

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all indivudals wiped out ut few survive: lose genetic variability, indivudals who escaped reproduce and create new population

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causes of bottle neck

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causes: drought, natural disater,

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example of bottle neck

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buffalo (we wipe out), pandas, condors (la), elephant seal (san franciso, channel isalnds)

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13
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elepahtn seal

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1890s hunted, 20 left

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crash

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keeps going and goign and then crash

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15
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founder effect

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by chance, few people get isolated from main population and get reolcated by changing = founding population

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16
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gapalagos islands (founder effect)

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darwin found info there, land and water

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iguanas

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land and water iguanas descended form green iguanas (south america0, green got to isladns

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tortoise

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ancestor to giant tortoise

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finch

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blown by storms of finches, blue black finch

20
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rafting theory

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ancestor fall on mats to sea

21
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amish

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only few hundred move to penn, ohio= founding population, closed population, few leaved

22
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natural seelction

A

major genetic variation

23
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genetic variation

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passed to geneartion to generation

24
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overprodution

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humming bires (only two likely to survive)

25
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adventageous

A

adapt to envrionement

26
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slight changes

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lead to heavier changes

27
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1.

A

over popuatlion

28
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heritable variation

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all indivudals have slight difference, one generation to next

29
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competition for limited resources

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mates, food, etc

30
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survival of fitest

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variation mroe benefitical than others, wing difference, euffiicently shape of bill, better able to compete and surive

31
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  1. differencal reproductive success
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if beneficial varion: put variaotn into offspring

32
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africaner

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descended from end dutch esettlers, today susally disaes high rae of huntings, evidence for founders effect