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1. Adaptation & Biodiversity
The theory of evolution,
Lineages are split by,
Macroevolution
10  cards
2. Darwin's Big Idea and How it Changed Biology
Origin of species,
Darwin developed his ideas from,
Jean baptiste de lamarck
12  cards
3. The Evidence for Evolution
Transitional fossils,
Intermediate forms,
Intermediate forms
11  cards
4. Evolutionary Significance of Genetic Variation
Variation,
Heredity,
Fitness
9  cards
5. Genetic Variation: Models & Measurement
Mutation,
Recombination,
Random genetic drift
10  cards
6. Sex, Reproductive Systems and Evolution
Advantage of sex,
Outbreeding,
Inbreeding
7  cards
7. Natural Selection & Adaptation
Fitness,
Selective advantage,
Adaptation
9  cards
8. Population Structure, Gene Flow and Genetic Drift
3 forms of population differentia...,
3 forms of local adaptation,
Population
14  cards
9. Species, Speciation, & Hybridization
Phylogenetic species concept,
Sympatric,
Allopatric
14  cards
10. Phylogenetics & Macroevolution
Carolus linnaeus,
Taxon,
Taxonomy
12  cards
11. Evolution of Complexity
Lamarck s view,
Fair mitosis meiosis,
Development multicellularity
7  cards
12. Applied Evolution
Where does resistance come from,
How can herbicide resistance be s...,
Evolutionary rescue
6  cards
13. What is Ecology and Why Does it Matter?
Lynn margulis,
Population,
Ecological community
7  cards
14. Climate & Other Niche Axes
The ecological niche,
The hutchinsonian niche,
Higher latitudes
10  cards
15. Animal Ecophysiology
Physiological ecology,
Maximum minimum critical temperature,
Poikilotherms
14  cards
Lab Chapter 1
Example of insect diversity and a...,
Adaptations,
Charles darwin s proposed process...
14  cards
Lab Chapter 2
Example of phenotypic variation,
Phenotype,
3 characteristic of a organism s ...
8  cards
Lab Chapter 3
Example of plant animal interactions,
Mutualisms,
Consumer resource interaction
9  cards
16. Physiological ecology: plants
Photosynthesis,
Respiration,
Sessile
16  cards
17. Population ecology: the fundamentals of population growth
Population size,
Population density,
Malthus published an essay on the...
13  cards
18. Population ecology: age-structured populations and life histories
Allee effects,
Key components of a life history ...,
Cost of reproduction
15  cards
19. Community ecology: competition
Life expectancy e on x axis,
Reproductive value v,
Intra specific competition
17  cards
20. Community ecology: predation, disease and parasitism
Predation carnivory,
Grazing herbivory,
Parasitism disease
13  cards
21. Community ecology: mutualism and symbiosis
Symbiosis,
Nutritional mutualisms,
Defensive mutualisms
9  cards
22. Community ecology: dispersal, metapopulations, and island biogeography
Dispersal allows organisms to,
Inbreeding depression,
Source sink dynamics
19  cards
23. Community ecology: trophic relationships and plant-animal interactions
Tropic levels,
Primary producers,
Primary consumers
16  cards
24. Climate change and biodiversity
1 short wa,
How is the climate changing,
Phenotypic plasticity
8  cards
Lab Chapter 4
The rusty crayfish has a ______ i...,
Allozyme loci,
Genetic variation
20  cards
Lab Chapter 5
Phylogenetic systematics,
Systematics,
Taxonomy
11  cards

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