Lecture 1 Flashcards
1
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Lamarck’s Hypothesis
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use and disuse
inheritance of acquired characteristics
innate drive towards complexity
2
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Complexity
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not a useful term since complexity is impossible to compare between organisms
3
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Darwin and Wallace
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Descent with modification
-one ancestor that produces new species
4
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Adaptation
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physical and inheritable traits that gives an organism advantage over those that do not in their environment
5
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Larger Beak Size after a Drought is a consequence of…
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adaptation: natural selection
