Evolution Flashcards
1
Q
Dogs into
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wolves
2
Q
Monkeys into
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Humans
3
Q
Change in
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heritable characteristics
4
Q
Definition
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change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
5
Q
Whale
A
cow like
6
Q
characteristics are the expressions of
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Genes
7
Q
genes that are passed on from
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from parent to offspring
8
Q
parent to offspring called
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reproduction.
9
Q
evolutionary processes
A
Ns genetic drift
10
Q
Darwin’s famous book
A
On the Origin of Species
11
Q
Contradictions with our ns
birth
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monkeys strength, ears eyes,
12
Q
last universal common ancestor
A
LUCA
13
Q
When LUCA lived
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3.5–3.8 billion years ago
14
Q
Their evidence
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fossils
15
Q
biggest fossil
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titanosaurous 130 feet
