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Darwin’s 4 points of natural selection

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  1. There is variation among individuals of populations
  2. Some of that variation is inherited
  3. Populations tend to produce more offspring than the environment can support
  4. Those individuals whose traits best adapt them to the environment will survive better and leave more offspring
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Evidence for evolution (4)

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  1. The fossil record- changing life forms deposited in rock
  2. Biogeography- animals in some locations are more alike
  3. Comparative anatomy- convergent evolution
  4. Molecular biology- similar DNA/RNA sequences
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Proximate explanation

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Answers the question what or how, can be used to explain how the body works.

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Ultimate explanation

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Answers the question why. Why do we get sick?

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How is fitness measured?

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By reproductive success. For something to be impacted by evolution it must impact survival related to evolutionary success.

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P

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Frequency of the dominant allele in the population

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q

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Frequency of the recessive allele in the population

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p^2

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Percentage of homozygous dominant individuals

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q^2

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Percentage of homozygous recessive individuals

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2pq

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Percentage of heterozygous individuals.

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Gene

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Location on your DNA that codes for a protein.

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Allele

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Version of a gene.

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Dominant allele

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Will be expressed over a recessive allele. A recessive allele will only be expressed if homozygous.

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Evolution

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  1. Descent with modification
  2. Individuals do not evolve, populations do
  3. Occurs as the number of certain alleles increases or decreases over time.
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Gene pools

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  1. Populations make up gene pools

2. All the alleles found in a population

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Allele frequency

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  1. Proportion of an allele in a population
  2. Evolution involves the change of allele frequencies
  3. The sum of the frequencies must always equal 1.
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Hardy Weinburg Principle

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  1. Developed to help explain why dominant genes can be rarely expressed
  2. Both allele and genotype frequencies will remain unchanged unless outside forces change those frequencies
  3. Without any interference genotypes will not change
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Restrictions to the Hardy Weinburg Principle

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  1. Mating must be completely random
  2. There can be no mutation
  3. No immigration
  4. Population must be infinitely large
  5. No selection can act on the population
  6. Alleles must segregate according to Mendel’s first ;aw
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Sources of genetic variation

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  1. Genetic recombination
  2. Independent assortment
  3. Mutation- the only source of new genetic variation
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Stabilizing Selection

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  1. Extremes have the lowest fitness

2. Most genotypes fall in the middle, like a bell curve

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Directional selection

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  1. Removes one end of the phenotypic range

2. Only peacocks with colorful tails will mate successfully

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Disruptive selection

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Selection against the intermediate types, and selection for the extremes.

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Genetic drift

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  1. Change in allele frequency due to random chance

2. Is most readily seen in small populations, can occur if a portion of the population is lost

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Population bottleneck

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  1. When a population experiences a catastrophe
  2. Extreme loss of population
  3. Can cause a founder effect
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Founder effect

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Establishment of a new allele frequency if a few individuals become isolated from a larger population.

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Adaptations

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Heritable characteristics that enhance an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in specific environments, can be caused by natural selection

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Homologous structures

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Characters in related species have underlying similarity but different functions. Anatomical homologies in embryos are not visible in adult organisms.

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Convergent evolution

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  1. Similar functions of different structures due to environment.
  2. Can never create a single species
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Point mutations

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Changes in one nucleotide base in a gene

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Chromosomal mutations

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Delete, replicate, or rearrange genes.

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Population

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A group of individuals of the same species living in the same location.

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Fixed allele

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Allele that all members of a population are homozygous for.

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Gene flow

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When the population gains or loses alleles by genetic additions or subtractions (movement of gametes or individuals).

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Diploidy

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Diploid individuals can hide recessive alleles.

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Allopatric speciation

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A population forms a new species when it’s geographically isolated from the parent population. Organisms may find themselves in a new place (pollen blown by wind) or geographically separated (creation of the grand canyon.

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Sympatric speciation

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A small part of the population creates a new species without a change in environment. Mechanisms- hybridization, polyploidy.

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Adaptive radiation

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  1. Many new species arise from a single common ancestor and fill different ecological niches.
  2. Form of divergent evolution
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Gradualism

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Species descend from a common ancestor and diverge more and more in morphology as they acquire unique adaptations.

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Punctuated equilibrium

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Periods of apparent stasis punctuated by sudden changes observed in the fossil record.

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Species

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A reproductively isolated group of potentially interbreeding populations that produce fertile offspring.

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Binomial nomenclature

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Way of naming organisms, starts with genus then species.

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Taxonomy

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Naming and classifying of organisms

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Cladogram

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Classifies organisms according to when they branched from common ancestors.

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Evolutionary tree

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Based on the number of shared similarities in groups.

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Polyploidy

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Multiple sets of chromosomes.

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Hybridization

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Different organisms mate and produce hybrid offspring (mules).

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Prezygotic barriers

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  1. Keep sperm and egg from meeting and zygote doesn’t form.
  2. Ecological barriers- 2 species occupy different parts of the same territory.
  3. Behavioral barriers- animals don’t interact due to different social tendencies
  4. Mechanical barriers- genitalia aren’t compatible
  5. Gametic barriers- incompatibility between sperm and egg.
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Postzygotic barriers

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  1. Hybrid inviability- genetic differences in chromosomes lead to problems for development.
  2. Hybrid breakdown- F1 generation produces a weak F2 generation that cannot reproduce
  3. Hybrid sterility- hybrid offspring is unable to produce viable offspring.
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Coevolution

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Reciprocal influence of 2 species on their evolutionary direction. Predator-prey relationships.

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Clade

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A group of species that includes an ancestral species and all its descendants.

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Heterotroph Hypothesis

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Life began under the conditions of early earth

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Conditions of origin of life

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  1. No oxygen (hydrogen, ammonia, methane)

2. More lightning, volcanic activity, UV radiation

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Heterotrophs

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First cells, can’t make their own food. First cells were also anaerobic organisms.

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What causes rapid change in gene pools?

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Competition

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Does the genome of an individual change?

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No. Only the frequency of alleles in a gene pool change.

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