Evolution Flashcards
Evolution (modern definition)
Change in allele frequencies in a population over time.
Form of a gene
allele
Population
all organisms of a species that interact with each other
The study of the distribution of living things or, once living things
Biogeography
The study of fossil records
Paleontology
Comparative Anatomy
Seek homologous structures
Same embryonic origin but with different function
Homologous structures
Same function but different embryonic origin
Analogous structures
Convergent evolution
Organisms (lineages) in similar environments acquire similar adaptations
Study of shapes and structures of macromolecules
Molecular biology
Who: Theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics.
Jean Baptiste Lamark
Who: Artificial selection - Breed dogs with desirable traits
Charles Darwin
Who: Made same observations as Charles Darwin.
Though birds were especially adapted.
Alfred Russel Wallace