Evolution

Question 1

Redi

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Did the meat experiment

Question 2

Spallanzani

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Designed an experiment to test spontaneous generation in microorganisms

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Isotopes

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Atoms of the same element that differ in the number of neutrons they contain

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Law of superposition

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Successive layers of rock or soil were deposited on top of one another by wind and water

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Stratum

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Layer of earth

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Biogeography

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The study of the geographical distribution of fossils and of living organisms

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Acquired trait

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Not genetic but gained from experience

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Homologous

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Similar features that originated in a shared ancestor

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Analogous

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Serve identical functions and look alike but have very different embryological development and different internal anatomy

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Vestigial

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Not useful to the modern organism

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Convergent evolution

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The environment selects similar phenotype seven thought he ancestral types were much different

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Divergent evolution

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Two or more related populations become more dissimilar

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Adaptive radiation

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Type of divergent evolution where many related species evolve from a single ancestral species

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Artificial selection

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Bred artificially by like people or something

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Population genetics

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The study of evolution from a genetic point of view

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Gene flow

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The process of genes moving from one population to another

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Genetic drift

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Allele frequencies in a population change as a result of random events or chance

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Assortative mating

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The selection of a mate based on similarity of characteristics

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Stabilizing selection

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Individuals with the average form of a trait have the highest fitness

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Directional selection

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Individuals that show a more extreme form of a trait have greater fitness than those with an average form of a trait

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Morphology

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Internal and external structure and appearance of an organism

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Geographic isolation

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The physical separation of members of a population

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Reproductive isolation

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Results from barriers to successful breeding between population groups in the same area

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Prezygotic isolation

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Type of reproductive isolation which occurs before fertilization

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Postzygotic isolation

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Occurs after fertilization

Question 26

what 2 processes would cause genetic drift if equilibrium was disrupted

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The failure of an organism to reproduce or greater than normal reproduction from an individual

Question 27

what are 3 things that would disrupt Weinberg equilibrium

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Genetic drift, migration, and mutation

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Prehensile

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Grasping

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Biogenesis

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States that all living things come from living things