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species

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largest group of organisms in which any two individual organisms of the opposite sex are able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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genetic drift

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random fluctuations in allele frequencies in a population

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speciation

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population considered to be two distinct species

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genetic variation

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produces phenotype variation (physical characteristics)

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Provide an example of genetic variation:

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peppered moths and white moths

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gene flow

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created by migration of species as genetic variants enter and leave population leading to decrease in genetic variation between populations because genetic material is exchanged

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natural selection

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a process which acts of populations to maintain favourable traits and eliminate unfavourable traits

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gene pool

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total genetic material in a population

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What does a change within the gene pool suggest?

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evolution

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*allopatric speciation

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speciation caused by geographical isolation (barrier)
- preventing gene flow between populations
- causing genetic drift and speciation

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What are some examples of geographical barriers/isolators?

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mountains, water dams, rocks

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Explain what speciation is

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Formation of a new species once one population becomes so diverse that they are unable to interbreed and produce a viable and fertile offspring due to factors such as geographical isolation and behavioural and physiological changes

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abiotic characteristics are:

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the non-living components of the environment

e.g. sunlight/heat and water availability, temperature, soil pH

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biotic factors:

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living components of an ecosystem

e.g. food availability, mating availability, predation

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use an example to explain the Olympic Village Effect

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  • The cane toads that were more athletic gained more food which aided them in producing more fertile offspring
  • These athletics toads breed with each other and this is called the Olympic Village effect as they produce offspring with the favourable trait of speed (longer legs, more active)
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changes in a population of organisms due to selection pressures over time

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  • The cane toads in Australia are a “selective pressure”
  • arrival of cane toads removed some genetic traits from the predator population

e.g. red-bellied blacksnakes. evolved into having smaller heads to prevent themselves from preying on big and more dangerous toads.

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what are structural adaptations

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an organism’s internal and external anatomy

e.g. certain features, relative size
- eucalyptus and banksia and thick waxy cuticle
- large ears -> release more heat

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what are physiological adaptations

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biochemical and internal processes carried out by an organism

  • plants produce chemicals that are toxic to make them bitter or poisonous
  • spinifex hopping mouse -> absorb water from their urine back into bloodstream
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behavioural adaptation

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organisms perform in response to a stimulus

e.g. venus flytrap -> react quickly to insect to absorb nitrogen nutrients from insect
- bird song to attract mating partners or warn predators

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Describe Darwin’s observations of the Galapagos Finches and discuss how these observations may have contributed to his theory of evolution

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  • single group of finches from the mainland arrived, blown off course during migration
  • finches spread to different islands, all of which had different environments
  • exerted different selection pressures on the finches, meaning that different traits, such as beak length, were favoured on different islands
  • speciation occurred i.e. the finches on the different islands became different enough from one another to be considered different species
  • This process- a single species forming several as they evolve to fit empty ecological niches is called adaptive radiation

therefore the finches had evolved with different characteristics

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What does natural selection state

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  • there is genetic variation within a population of species
  • with environmental change, different traits are favoured
  • favourable traits - survive
  • favourable trait becomes more prevalent in the population
  • survival of the fittest -> favourable trait population have more resources

therefore natural selection driven by mutation

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What is the bottleneck effect

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  • when an initially large population is suddenly reduced in numbers such as by natural disaste
  • reduced size of population increases inbreeding and reduces variation within gene pool
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what is the founder effect

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  • when a small group of individuals move away from larger population
  • increased interbreeding
  • decreased allele frequencies
  • small gene pool DOES NOT represent original gene pool
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what does speciation often depend on?

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reducing or stopping gene flow

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What is the gradualism theory for evolution

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proposes that speciation occurs relatively constant pace over time (linear line)

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what is the punctuated equilibrium theory for evolution

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  • selection pressures remain constant, so that species are adapted to their environment -> species are undergoing little or no change, are at equilibrium
  • sudden change in the environment (selection pressure) leads to rapid change in a population - new favourable traits
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what are analogous structures

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have the same function but no structural similarity

e.g. dolphin has skeleton and shark has cartilage

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divergent evolution

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closely related species become more and more dissimilar

e.g. Darwin’s finches
- diversify into species due to different selection pressures by enivronments

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coevolution

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two species evolve in response to changes in each other

e.g. flower and bee

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microevolution

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change in allele frequency within single species or population
- due to: natural selection, sexual selection, genetic drift and gene flow

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Macroevolution

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accumulation of microevolutionary changes that lead to speciation

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biochemical evidence

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the amino acid sequence of proteins

  • cytochrome c and histones provide evidence for evolution due to being highly conserved
  • inherited from common ancestor
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pentadactyl limb

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limb with five digits - homologous structures between many animals

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analogous structures

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vestigial structurees

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important function for an ancestor but not in the modern organism

e.g. tail bone, whales hip bone

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comparative embryology

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  • comparing species in the utero, similarities can be observed
  • indicates common ancestry and evidence of evolution
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biogeography

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how and why organisms live where they do. used to study isolation or migration

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isolation

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when a species is separated

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migration

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when members of a species move

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what are fossils

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remains of long-dead organism

e.g. trace fossil or impression fossils, petrification (conversation of organic materials to minerals)

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relative dating

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  • law of superposition - cross section of sedimentary rock. older strata is below, young strata is above
  • only indicates order of geological events
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absolute dating

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to know age of materials found

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vertical gene transfer

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new generations inherit the gene from parent cell through random mutation

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horizontal gene transfer

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resistance genes are transferred directly between bacteria

45
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antibiotic resistance in terms of evolution by natural selection

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  • variation within population of species
  • environmental changes
  • favourable trait becomes prevalent
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ecological niche

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role of species in an ecosystem e.g. resources consumed, habitat occupied, interactions

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competitive exclusion principle

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only one species may occupy particular niche

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carrying capacity

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birth equal death - equilibrium

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factors that affect abundance of predator prey distribution

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  • reproduction rate
  • death rate
  • prey’s food availability
  • ecosystem size

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