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Unit 7: Natural Selection Flashcards

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When does speciation occur?

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When population are reproductively isolated from each other.

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What is the biological species concept?

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Species are a group capable of interbreeding and exchanging genetic information to produce viable, fertile offspring.

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What is punctuated equilibrium?

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Evolution occurs rapidly after a long period of stasis, periods of minimal to no change.

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What is gradualism?

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Evolution occurs slowly over hundreds/thousands/millions of years.

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What is allopatric speciation?

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Evolution of new species through the process of geographic isolation over a long period of time.

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What is sympatric speciation?

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Evolution of a new species due to individuals being reproductively isolated from a surviving ancestral population.

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How do pre-zygotic mechanisms impact speciation?

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They prevent sperm and egg from meeting

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How do post-zygotic mechanisms impact speciation?

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They prevent a zygote from developing into a viable, fertile offspring.

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What is speciation?

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The creation of new species.

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What does speciation result in?

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Diversity of life forms.

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What are the effects of allopatric speciation?

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No gene flow. Exposes populations to different selection pressures.

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What are the characteristics of sympatric speciation?

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No geographic barrier. Can result from genetic mutations, polyploidy, habitat differentiation, and sexual selection.

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What is the stimulus for evolution?

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Changing ecological conditions.

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What is adaptive radiation?

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Evolution of new species that allows empty ecological roles or niches to be filled.

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What factors lead to extinction?

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Catastrophic changes to an ecosystem; Human activity; Invasive species.

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How do environmental changes increase risk of extinction?

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Mass destruction can result in habitat loss. Catastrophic events can wipe out many organisms.

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How do speciation and extinction rates impact species diversity?

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High species biodiversity can result from high levels of speciation and low levels of extinction and vice versa.

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How does extinction create new niches?

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When a species goes extinct, it leaves an open niche for another species to occupy.

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What is extinction?

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Complete disappearance of a species

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What are the 5 pieces of evidence that support evolution?

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geological- fossils; changes of environmental feature
geographical
physical- phenotypes
biochemical- chemical composition of living things
mathematic

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How are fossils dated?

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dated through age of rock
decay of isotopes
geological data

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What demonstrates common ancestry for eukaryotes

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membrane bound organelles
linear chromosomes
genes with introns

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Lamarck Evolution

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evolution through inheritance of acquired traits

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Darwinian evolution

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natural selection
–> mutation: longer neck giraffes survived and shorter neck died

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What allows evolution?

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Mutation–> favorable traits accumulating/ struggle for survival, inherited trait

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what are the two types of dating for fossils?

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relative: layer of soil fossil is found in
absolute:radioactive isotopes (carbon 14 decrease after death)

27
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Define half-time

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how much time it takes for half of carbon to disappear

28
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Define homologous structures

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organisms with genetically similar structures= common ancestor
common genes and similar anatomy but different environments and functions

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Divergent evolution

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common genes but different environments and purpose

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define analogous structures

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same function anatomically different; don’t share a common ancestor

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define convergent evolution

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don’t share a common ancestry
but developed similar functions

32
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define endemic species

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found in one place

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embryology

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vertebraes embryos look similar

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define stabilizing selection

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average/immediate phenotype was selection; extremes selected against
e.g. birthweight

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define disruptive selection

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extreme phenotype was selected and average against

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define directional selection

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one of the types of the extreme was selected

37
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define sexual selection

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females choose male that is more superior

38
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name 10 sources of variation

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mutations
diploidy
outrbreeding
sexual reproduction
gene flow
chromosomal mutations
nondisjunction
DNA mutations
transient polymorphism
balanced polymorphism

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define diploidy

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2 or more alleles

40
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define outbreeding

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mating with unrelated partners

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gene flow

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immigration/ emigration of individuals leaving or coming with diff. allele frequencies

42
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define transient polymorphism

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a phenotype dominant, but a new phenotype becomes more dominant due to environmental changes

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define balanced polymorphism

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maintenance of different phenotypes
e.g. carrier of sickle cell

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conditions of hardy-weinberg equilibrium

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  1. large population
  2. no mutation
  3. no gene flow of allees
  4. random mating
  5. no natural selectio
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p=

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frequency of dominant allele

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p^2

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frequency of homozygous dominant genotype

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q=

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frequency of recessive allel

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q^2

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frequency of homozygous recessive genotype

49
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allopatric speciation

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physical

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ecological speciation

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live in same region, different habitat

51
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define temporal isolation

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different mating seasons

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behavioral speciation

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courtship dance

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mechanical isolation

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mismatch genetalia

54
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gametic isoation

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gamete may not fertilize egg

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origins of life explain

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how organic compounds could come from inorganic precursors & then organic compounds undergoing further changes to form primitive cell-like structures

56
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What did the urey-miller experiment do?

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tested the origins of life hypothesis; shown under lab conditions can stimulate the conditions of early Earth & organic molecules from inorganic substances

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RNA world hypothesis

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a theory trying to figure out if DNA or RNA existed–> RNA came before DNA

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define a niche

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organism’s role in environment

59
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define deleterious traits

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traits that reduce chance of survival

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