Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Lamarcks 2 Principals

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Acquired Characteristics (structures become stronger or weaker due to use or disuse)
Creative Force (a striving in all species to become more complex)

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2
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Malthus

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Survival of the Fittest

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3
Q

Haeckel

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Biogenetic law

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4
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Darwin

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Natural Selection

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5
Q

Monophyletic

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An ancestor and every descendant

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6
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Paraphyletic

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An ancestor and some decedents

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7
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Polyphyletic

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A group without an ancestor included

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8
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Speciation

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The act of lineage giving rise to a new lineage

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9
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Hennig

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Shared homology is the only criteria to determine evolutionary history

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10
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Cladogenesis

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When graph splits, lineage 1 ceases to exist

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11
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Synapomorphic

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A shared derived character

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12
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Plesiomorphic

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A primitive character

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13
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Autapomorphic

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A character present in one taxon

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14
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Homology

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Indenture due to shared ancestor

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15
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Homoplasy

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Identity despite ancestors

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16
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Linnaues

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System naturae

17
Q

Cuvier

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MONOSAURUS , animal extinction

18
Q

Anning

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Sold fossils by the seashore, plesiosaurus

19
Q

Buckland

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Megalosaurus

20
Q

Mantell

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Iguanadon

21
Q

Owen

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Named dinosauria, megalosaurus posture

22
Q

Leidy

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Hadrosaurus, bipedal

23
Q

Golden age

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Developed excavation we still use

24
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Elmer riggs

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Brachiosaurus, apatosaurus

25
Q

Brochu

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Hierarchy, 1. Direct 2. Indirect 3. Phylogenetic bracketing 4. Modern analogy 5. Speculation