miterm 1

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law of superstition

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newer stuff is on top

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kiwi’s wings are examples of

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vestigial traits

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similar traits due to similar common ancestry

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homologies

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similar genetic sequences in species that are closely related

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genetic homologies

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similar embryonic traits amount related species

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developmental homologies

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similar structures across related organisms despite different functions

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structural homology

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finches are what to the Galápagos Islands

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endemic

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closely related species tend to..

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be on closer islands

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blakiston’s line divided

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species of raccoon dogs in north and south japan

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the frequency of homo or heterozygote genotypes in the population

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genotype (MM Mm mm)

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p is

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frequency of MM and half of Mm

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q is

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mm and half of Mm

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p+ q =

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1

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frequency of MM should be

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p^2

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freq of Mm should be

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2pq

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the frequency of mm should be

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q^2

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if q=.6 and the frequency of mm is .36 is it in hardy-Wienberg?

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yes .6 x .6 = .36

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how do you know if it’s HWE?

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(q)^2= mm

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when we violate hardy-weinburg assumptions

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the result is evolution!

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evolution is

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a change is allele frequencies from one generation to the next

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hardey-weinburg is like..

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a null hypothesis

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melanism in wolves is

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dominate

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genetic drift is due to

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sampling error

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how much variation in fixation?

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0%

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effective population size

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measure of how much drift a population is experiencing

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why the effective population is less often less then the actual population size?

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nonrandom mating

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inbreeding leads to less

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homozygotes

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why doesn’t natural selection get rid of deleterious recessive alleles?

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because they exist of heterozygotes

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extinction of competitors would not lead to

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adaptive radiation

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biggest extinction

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Permian extinction

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gorillas have less loss of function alleles because of

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inbreeding

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stabilizing selection is

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is skinnier

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balancing selection

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doesn’t change

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things that looks like are probably the same species

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morphospecies concept

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polymorphic

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discrete kinds within a species

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dimorphism example

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mallard ducks

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biological species concept is determined by

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reproductive isolation

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prezygotic isolation

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cock blocking ( before fertilization)

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postzygotic isolation

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‘plan b’ offspring do not survive or reproduce

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phylogenies species concept

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if they are a single evolutionary lineage

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allopatry includes

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dispersal and vicariance

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vicariance

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splitting of population

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Polyphyly

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doesn’t include the most recent common ancestor

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In electric fish one spectates more because

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it can distinguish more electric currents because of a bigger brain