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Unit 7: Evolution Flashcards

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Who proposed the idea that organisms on earth have the characteristics they do because they evolved from other organisms?

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Charles Darwin

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What was the most influential area of Darwin’s voyage around the world?

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The Galapagos Islands

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What book did Darwin write, outlining his theory of evolution?

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The Origin of Species

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What where Darwin’s two major theories?

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Natural Selection, and Descent with Modification

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What do Darwin’s theories explain?

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A) The pattern of similarities and differences among organisms
B) The mechanism of how things evolve

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What things influenced the development of Darwin’s theories?

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A) The voyage of the Beagle
B) Charles Lyell’s principles of geology
C) Malfous’ essay on population and resources
D) Questions from Alfred Russel Wallace, prompting Darwin to publish

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What is it called when traits are selected against/for over time in nature?

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Natural Selection

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What are the four conditions necessary for natural selection to occur?

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A) Variations in the population
B) Heritability
C) Change over time
D) Reproductive Advantage

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IF populations produce more offspring than can survive, AND variation exists among the population, AND survival and/or reproduction are not random, then….

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The population must evolve.

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What conditions must exist for evolution to occur?

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A) Populations produce more offspring then can survive
B) There is variation in the population
C) Survival and/or reproduction are not random

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What is evolution?

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Changes in allele frequency of a population’s gene pool, leading to changes in population over generations

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What is the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?

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A hypothetical situation where allele frequencies remain constant.

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What are the two equations for Hardy-Weinburg?

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A) p + q = 1

B) p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1

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What does p^2 mean in Hardy-Weinburg?

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The percentage of homozygous dominant individuals in the population.

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What does q^2 mean in Hardy-Weinburg?

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The percentage of homozygous recessive individuals in the population.

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What does 2pq mean in Hardy-Weinburg?

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The percentage of heterozygous individuals in a population

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What are the requirements for Hardy-Weinburg Equalibrium?

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A) No mutation
B) No gene flow
C) Very large population size
D) Random mating
E) No advantage of one phenotype over another
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When does Hardy-Weinburg happen in nature?

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Never

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What are some of the forces that cause evolution?

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Natural selection, mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, the founder effect, genetic bottleneck, and non-random mating.

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What is Natural Selection?

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The idea that organisms that are better adapted to the environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than those not so well adapted to the environment.

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What are the three types of natural selection?

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Directional, disruptive, and stabilizing natural selection.

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What is disruptive natural selection?

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Where the intermediate traits were selected against. (think of the peppered moths) Tends to be Mendalian.

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What is stabilizing natural selection?

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The opposite of disruptive natural selection, this selection selects for the middle-of-the-road traits, or against the extreme traits. Tends to be polygenic.

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What is directional natural selection?

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Where individuals on one extreme are selected against, causing a gradual shift in population phenotype.

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What kind of mutation can be passed on?

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A mutation in a gamete.

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What is gene flow?

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The movement of alleles in or out of a population

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What is genetic drift?

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Random changes in allele frequencies.

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What is the Founder Effect?

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A circumstance where a few individuals become isolated from a population and establish a new population with different allele frequencies. This is a type of genetic drift.

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What is genetic bottleneck?

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A change in allele frequencies in a population, caused by a severe drop in numbers, followed by the subsequent recovery. This can be a type of genetic drift.

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What is non-random mating?

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Exactly what it sounds like: Individuals mating preferentially. This can lead to certain traits being favored by evolution that are not necessarily good for survival (think peacocks)

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What are the two types of nonrandom mating?

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Inter- and Intrasexual mating.

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What is Intersexual mating?

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One sex (usually the females) choose mates. (think birds, or people)

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What is intrasexual mating?

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A single dominant male mates with multiple females. (Think elk)

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What is sexual dimorphism?

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Where males and females exhibit different phenotypes.

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What is the biological species concept?

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A group of potentially interbreeding organisms that produce fertile offspring regularly in nature

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What are some reproductive barriers?

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A) Anatomical Isolation
B) Geographical Isolation
C) Temporal Isolation
D) Gamete Incompatibility
E) Hybrid Infertility
37
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Do new species appear instantly?

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No

38
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What happens when speciation occurs?

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Two new species develop from one ancestral species

39
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What is taxonomy?

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The scientific field of naming and classifying organisms

40
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Who was Carolus Linnaeus?

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The father of biological classification.

41
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What is binomial nomenclature?

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Two name naming

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What is a genus?

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The first name in a species name, it is the group to which a species belongs (kinda like a surname)

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Is the species name capitalized?

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No. The genus name is always capitalized, though.

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What are the advantages of scientific names?+

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A) Unique
B) Universal
C) Descriptive
D) Shows Relationships

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What is the order of classification?

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Species, Genus, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdoms, Domains

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What do you call an evolutionary tree?

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A phylogenetic tree, or a cladogram.

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What is a phylogeny?

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The evolutionary history of a species or a group

48
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What are systematics?

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Classification based on evolution

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What is a cladogram?

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A branching diagram that represents the phylogeny of a group.

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What is an ancestral group?

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A group from which other taxa emerge

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What is a rooted tree?

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A tree with one branch point representing common ancestor, or ancestral group, of all the taxa in the tree

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What are sister taxa?

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Groups that share an immediate common ancestor. They are also equidistant from all other taxa in the tree.

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What is an out-group?

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A group not part of the taxa included in the tree, used for comparison

54
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True or False: Phylogenetic trees show phenotypic similarity

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False

55
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Do cladograms show the ages of species?

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No

56
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Could a taxon on a tree have evolved from the taxon next to it?

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No

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