THEORIES OF EVOLUTION AND HEREDITY Flashcards

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he proposed that Darwanism should be viewed as five major theories

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Ernst Mayr

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FIve major theories propopsed by Ernst Mayr

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Perpetual Change
Common Descent
Multiplication of the Species
Gradualism
Natural Selection

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it is when The living world is neither constant nor
perpetually cycling, but is always changing

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Perpetual Change

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–The varying forms of organisms undergo
measurable change across generations
throughout time

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Perpetual Change

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–Documented by the fossil record
–Theory upon which the remaining 4 are
based

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Perpetual Change

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All forms of life descend from a common
ancestor through a branching of lineages

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Common Descent

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–Life’s history has the structure of a
branching evolutionary tree is known as a

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phylogeny

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it is when it –Serves as the basis for our taxonomic
classification of animals

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Common Descent

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The evolutionary process produces new species
by splitting and transforming older ones

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Multiplication of Species

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Large differences in anatomic traits that characterize disparate species originate through the accumulation of many small incremental changes over very long periods of time

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Gradualism

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A creative process that generates novel forms from
the small individual variations that occur among
organisms within a population

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Natural Selection

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An anatomical structure, physiological process, or
behavioral trait that evolved by natural
selection and improves an organism’s ability to
survive and leave descendants

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Adaptation

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13
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3 theory of special creation

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hindu concept
christian belief
islam belief

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it is about how lord Brahma- created the living world in one stroke

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Hindu Concept

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the belief where God created this universe, plants, animals, and human beings in about six days.

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Christian and Islam Belief

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this 2 beliefs have three main postulates

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Christian and Islam belief

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what are the three main postulates

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  • all different kinds of animals & plants were created at once
  • all organisms were created in the same form in which they exist today
  • their bodies and organs have been designed to fully meet teh needs of the environment
18
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it talks about the theory of how living things originated spontaneously from inanimate objects

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theory of spontaneous generation

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it is also called abigonesis or biopoesis

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theory of spontaneous generation

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the theory of spontaneous generation has three supporters, who are they?

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aristotle
epicurus
Von Helmont

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aristotle
epicurus
Von Helmont

believed three theories —–

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  • insects arise from dew
  • fish and frog from mud
  • fly maggots from meat
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who are the 3 opposers of the theory of spontaneous generation

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  • Francisco Redi
  • Spallanzani
  • Loius Pasteur
23
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what is the theory that was propsed by RIchter in 1865

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Theory of Pansermia

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what theory discusses that life had come to earth from other planets of the universe in teh form of resistant spores

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Theory of Pansermia

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who are the British astronomers that propsed three ideas about the Theory of Pansermia
Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe
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what theory proposes that interstellar dust and comets contain organic compounds, and comets which are largely made of water-ice, carry bacteria life across galaxies and protect it from radiation damage along the way.
Theory of Pansermia
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what theory discusses that life only cahnges its from but is never created. It has no origin and has always existed
Theory of Eternity of Life
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It is the theory that proposes the modifictaion of the theory of Special Creation and states that there have been several creation of life by God and that each proceeded by a catastrophe resulsting to some geoligical disturbance
Theory of catastrophism
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it is a theory that proposes that since each catastrophe completely destroyed the existing life, each new creation consisted of life form different from that of previous ones.
Theory of catastrophism
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this theory has 2 French scientists that support it
Theory of Catastrophism
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who are the two supporters of the Theory of Catastrophism
Georges Cuvier and Orbigney
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the thory that discusses that only livign tissue by virtue of possessing some "life-force," can produce organic compounds
Vitalism
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a theory which is supported by Berzelius and Bergson
Vitalism
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who are the 2 supporters of Vitalism
Berzelius and Bergson
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a theory which involved the production of acetic acid from its elements by the German chemist Hermann Kolbe in 1845 and it disproved the said theory
Vitalism