Evolution exam 4 Flashcards
Voyage of HMS beagle revealed what
diversity of life, evidence of change with time
Principles of Geology argued that
gradual changes produce Earths features
Darwin and Wallace proposed what
evolution by natural selection
Darwin published what with evidence for natural selection
The Origins of Species
Key concepts of natural selection and evolution
-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
Evidence of evolution
-fossils
-homologous structures
-homologous molecular biology
-comparative embryology
-vestigial structures
Fossils
trace of organism preserved in rock or sediment
Strata(layers) do what
reveal ages, sequence of evolutionary events
Old species are replaced by
modified, newer ones
similarities between certain structures in different organisms
Homology
Homologous structures have same
embryonic origin because of common ancestry, although they may have different functions
Organisms in early development show what
similarities not present in adults
Vestigial structures are
evolutionary leftovers
Vestigial structures are homologous to
functional structures in other organisms
Analogous body plans and structure are similar due to
convergent evolution