Evolution Flashcards
Stage 1 of Natural Selection
There needs to be a population with variety
Stage 2 of Natural Selection
More are born than survive to reproduce
Stage 3 of Natural Selection
Survival is NOT RANDOM! They need to have advantageous trait.
Stage 4 of Natural Selection
Passing of advantageous trait
What is Natural Selection
The process of which organisms better adapt to their environment
What is evolution
Evolution is a generation to generation change in proportion of different inherited genes.
Microevolution
Microevolution is an evolution on the smallest scale. For example the size of sparrows in North America is larger than South
Lamarck’s theory?
Inheritance of acquired characteristics through use and disuse
Darwin
Natural selection
Survival of the fitness
Organisms must be able to survive and reproduce. If you can’t reproduce you dead
What are homologous traits?
Traits with similar anatomy due to common evolutionary origin
Analogous
These structures have similar functions but not similar anatomical structure
Convergent Evolution
The process in which unrelated organisms from similar environment have similar adaptations
Vestigial structures
Vestigial structures are structures which have reduced function