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1
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Divergent Species

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Have common ancestors and have diverged from each other over time

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Population bottleneck

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Large populations pass through environment events that only a small number survive

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3
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Nonrandom mating that does not alter reproductive success does not result in evolutionary change. Why not?

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The genotype frequency will be altered but not the allele frequency

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Genetic Structure

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The frequency of different alleles and genotypes in a population

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Conditions in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

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  1. No mutation
  2. No selection among genotypes
  3. Population is infinitely large
  4. Mating is random
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6
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Types of selection

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Disruptive, stabilizing, and directional

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7
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Locus

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The point on a chromosome where two alleles exist

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Phylogeny

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The evolutionary history of the relationships between organisms

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Taxon

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A group of species that are designated with a name

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Clade

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A taxon that consists of all the evolutionary descendants of a common ancestor

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Homologous features

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Features shared by two more species that have been inherited from a common ancestor

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12
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Synapomorphies

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Derived traits in a group of organisms that are evidence of their common ancestry

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13
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Convergent evolution

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Independent evolution of similar features from different ancestral traits

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14
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Homoplasies

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Traits that are present in multiple organisms but not in their common ancestor

Can come from convergent evolution or evolutionary reversal

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15
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Evolutionary reversal

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The reappearance of an ancestral trait in a group that had previously acquired a derived trait

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16
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Data from which phylogenies are constructed

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  1. Morphology
  2. Development
  3. Paleontology
  4. Behavior
  5. Molecular Data
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17
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How are phylogenies used?

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  1. Reconstructing past events
  2. Understanding the evolution of complex traits
  3. Revealing convergent evolution
  4. Reconstructing ancestral states
  5. Molecular clocks help date evolutionary events
18
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Monophyletic

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A biological classification containing the common ancestor and all its descendants

19
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Polyphyletic

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A biological classification that contains multiple distantly related organisms but not the common ancestor

20
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Paraphyletic

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A biological classification that contains a common ancestor but not all of its descendants

21
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Hardy-Weinberg Equation

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(p^2)+2pq+(q^2)

Where p is the dominant allele and q is the recessive allele

22
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How to find p or q

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p=(2NAA+NAa)/2N

q=(2Naa+Na)/2N

23
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Speciation

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The divergence of biological lineages and the emergence of reproductive isolation between lineages

24
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Species Concepts

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  1. Morphological
  2. Biological
  3. Lineage
25
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Cryptic species

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Species that are morphologically similar but do not interbreed

26
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Reproductive isolation

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A state in which two groups of organisms can no longer exchange genes

27
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Allopatric speciation

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Speciation that results when a population is divided by a physical barrier

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Sympatric speciation

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Speciation that occurs without physical barriers

29
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Polyploidy

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The duplication of a set of chromosomes within individuals

30
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Allopolyploidy

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The possession of more than two chromosomes that are derived from more than one species

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Autopolyploidy

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The possession of more than two entire chromosomes sets that are derived from a single species

32
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Examples of pre-zygotic mechanisms of reinforcement

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  1. Mechanical isolation
  2. Temporal isolation
  3. Behavioral isolation
  4. Habitat isolation
  5. Gametic isolation
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Post-zygotic mechanisms of reinforcement

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  1. Low hybrid zygote viability
  2. Low hybrid adult viability
  3. Hybrid infertility
34
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Hybrid zones

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If reproductive isolation is not complete then closely related species may reproduce in areas where they are in contact

35
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Traits used to classify organisms

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  1. Behavior
  2. Morphology
  3. Molecularly
  4. Paleontology
  5. Development
36
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Homologous traits

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Traits that descended from a common ancestor (in two or more species)

37
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Derived trait

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A trait that differs from its ancestral form

38
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Domain

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Classification above kingdom

  1. Archaea
  2. Bacteria
  3. Eukarya
39
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Factors influencing speciation rates

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  1. Ecological
  2. Population bottleneck
  3. Type of population
  4. Environmental changes
  5. Sexual selection
40
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Founder effect

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The reduced genetic diversity that results when a population is descended from a small number of colonizing ancestor

41
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Methods of sympatric speciation

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