Evolution exam 4 Flashcards

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Voyage of HMS beagle revealed what

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diversity of life, evidence of change with time

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2
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Principles of Geology argued that

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gradual changes produce Earths features

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3
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Darwin and Wallace proposed what

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evolution by natural selection

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4
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Darwin published what with evidence for natural selection

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The Origins of Species

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5
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Key concepts of natural selection and evolution

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-natural selection happens to individual, while populations evolve
-only heritable traits can be amplified or diminished by natural selection
-organisms aren’t perfect but are adapted to local environment
-fitness is relative contribution of genes to next generation

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Evidence of evolution

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-fossils
-homologous structures
-homologous molecular biology
-comparative embryology
-vestigial structures

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Fossils

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trace of organism preserved in rock or sediment

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Strata(layers) do what

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reveal ages, sequence of evolutionary events

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9
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Old species are replaced by

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modified, newer ones

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10
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similarities between certain structures in different organisms

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Homology

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Homologous structures have same

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embryonic origin because of common ancestry, although they may have different functions

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12
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Organisms in early development show what

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similarities not present in adults

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13
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Vestigial structures are

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evolutionary leftovers

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14
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Vestigial structures are homologous to

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functional structures in other organisms

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15
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Analogous body plans and structure are similar due to

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convergent evolution

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16
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Analogous vs Homolgous

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-analogous- different origin, same function(a day old snowflake)
-homologous- same origin, different function(have some old dog food)

17
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Artificial selection is

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selective breeding(shoes it’s doable)

18
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Insecticide resistance in insects is an example of what

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natural selection

19
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all individuals of a species living in a given area at same time, potentially inbreeding

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Population

20
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sum of all genes, alleles in a population

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Gene pool

21
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population gain alleles because of fertile individuals migrate

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Gene flow

22
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changes populations gene pool over generations

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Evolution

23
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proportion of each allele for given gene in population

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Allele frequency

24
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Selection acts on

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phenotype not genes

25
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25 rats, 4 have BB, 12 have Bb, 9 have bb
how many copies of B, b,

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20 copies of B, 30 copies of b

26
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-shift in allele frequency due to random events
-large changes in small populations gene pool

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Genetic drift

27
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Sexual selection favors phenotypes that

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acquire mates