Extra 2 Flashcards
Chondrichthyes
Cartilaginous fishes, jawed verts, paired fins, paired nares, scared. Cartridge bones
Innate behavior
Do not have to be learned or practiced
Learned behavior
Something that is taught
Vestigial structures or traits
Traits that lost their function
Micro evolution
Evolutionary change within a species or small group of organisms over a short period
Macroevolution
Major evolutionary change
Polyploidy
Containing more than two paired sets of chromosomes
Speciation
The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution
Proterozioc
Between Archean and Cambrian period. 2500 mya to 541 mya.
Hadean
Began with the formation of earth. 4.6 to 4 billion years ago.
Archean period
4000 to 2500 mya or 4-2.5 billion years ago.
Phanerozoic
Relating to or denoting the eon covering the whole time since the beginnning of the Cambrian period. Comprising the Paleozoic Mesozoic and Cenozoic era. 541 mya to present.
Homologous
Having the same structural features and pattern of genes.
Analogous
Performing a similar function but having a different evolutionary origin. Such as the wings of insects and birds.
Sexual selection
Natural selection arising through preference by one section for certain characteristics in individuals of the other sex.
Petromyzontida
Lampreys jawless fish placed in the superclass of cyclostomsta