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Natural Selection Flashcards

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Primary sources of evidence supporting evolution:

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  1. The fossil record
  2. Comparative morphology
  3. Biogeography
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Fossils and the fossil record

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-Traces of past organisms that give a visual of evolutionary change over time
-Can be dated by examining of carbon 14 decay

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Comparative morphology

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Analysis of structures of living and extinct organisms

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Homology

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Characteristics in related species that have similarities even if the functions differ

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Embryonic homology

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Many species have similar embryonic development

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Vestigial Structures

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Structures that are conserved even though they no longer have a use

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Molecular homology

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Many species share similar genetic information

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Homologous structures

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Characteristics that are similar in two species because they share a common ancestor
ex. Arm bones of many species

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Convergent evolution

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Similar adaptations that have evolved in distantly related organisms due to similar environments

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Analogous structures

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Structures that are similar but have separate evolutionary origins
Ex. Wings in birds vs bats vs bees

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Common ancestry evidence

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  1. Membrane bound-organelles
  2. Linear chromosomes
  3. Introns in genes
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Biogeography

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The distribution of animals and plants geographically

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Systematics

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Classification of organisms and determining their evolutionary relationships

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Taxonomy

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Naming and classifying species

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Phylogenetics

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Hypothesis of evolutionary history
-Use phylogenetic trees to show evolution

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To determine evolutionary relationships, scientists use

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-Fossil records
-DNA, proteins
-Homologous structures

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Phylogenetic trees

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diagrams that represent the evolutionary history of a group of organisms, similar to cladograms except trees show the amount of time

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Cladograms

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-Each line represents a lineage
-Each branching point is a node
-Root is the common ancestor of all the species

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Sister taxa

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Two clades that emerge from the same node
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Basal Taxon

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Lineage that evolved from the root and remains unbranched -

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Synapomorphy

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A derived character shared by clade members
Derived characteristics: similarly inherited from the most recent common ancestor of an entire group
Ancestral characteristics: Similarity that arose prior to the common ancestor

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Monophyletic group

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Includes the most recent common ancestor of the group and all of it’s descendants

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Paraphyletic group

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Includes the most recent common ancestor of the group, but not all of it’s descendants

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Polyphyletic group

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Doesn’t include the most recent common ancestor of all members of the group

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Species

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Group able to interbred and produce viable, fertile offspring

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Speciation

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Formation of a new species

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Allopatric speciation

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-Physical barrier divides pop. or a small pop. is separated from main pop.
-Populations are geographically isolated
*prevents gene flow
*Often caused by natural disasters

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Sympatric

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-New species evolves while still inhabiting the same geographic region as the ancestral species
*usually due to the exploitation of a new duty within the population

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Speciation occurs due to

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  1. Prezygotic
  2. Postzygotic
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Prezygotic barriers

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  1. Habitat isolation
  2. Temporal isolation
  3. Behavorial isolation
  4. Mechanical isolation
  5. Gametic isolation
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Habitat isolation

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Species live in different areas or they occupy different habitats within the same area

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Temporal isolation

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Species breed at different times

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Behavioral isolation

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Unique behavioral patterns and rituals separate species

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Mechanical isolation

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Reproductive anatomy of one species doesn’t work with the anatomy of another species

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Genetic isolation

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Proteins on the surface of the gametes don’t allow for sperm and egg to fuse

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Postzygotic-reduced hybrid viability

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genes of different parent species may interact that impair hybrids development or survival

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Reduced hybrid fertility

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Hybrid can develop into a healthy adult, but is sterile

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Hybrid breakdown

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The hybrid of the first generation may be fertile, but when they mate again or with another species offspring will be sterile

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Microevolution

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Change in allele frequencies within a single species or pop

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Macroevolution

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Large evolutionary patterns

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Punctuated equilibrium

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Rapid evolution

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Gradualism

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Slow evolution over hundreds, thousands of years

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Divergent evolution

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Groups with the same common ancestor evolve and accumulate differences resulting in the formation of a new species

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Adaptive radiation

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If a new habitat or niche becomes available, species diversifies rapidly

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Convergent evolution

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Two different species develop similar traits despite having different ancestors

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Origins of life

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-Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago
-Life suitable 3.9, fossils found 3.6
*cyanobacteria

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How did life arise?

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Early life contained inorganic molecules, these could have synthesized organic molecules due to free energy and abundant oxygen

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Miller and Urey hypothesized

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Organic molecules served as building blocks for macromolecules

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RNA world hypothesis

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Proposes that RNA could have been the earliest genetic material

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