Mechanisms of Evolution Flashcards

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The work of Paley, Lamarck, Darwin and Wallace

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Natural selection

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How does natural selection differentiate between theory, fact, law, hypothesis, observation and inference

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How was Darwin treated initially and how is his theory more compelling than Lamarck’s

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Evolution

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Difference between convergent and divergent

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Selection pressures that result from convergent and divergent

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What is a gene pool

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What is a mutation and how they are made from different alleles

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Different types of mutations and impact on variation

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Causes of mutation

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What causes variation

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How does selection pressures result in survival mechanisms within organisms

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Main stages of natural selection

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Four mechanisms of evolution

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What is a gene pool

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How do selection pressures result in survival mechanisms

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