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Evolutionary Biology

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By: Zoe Osberg
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Decks in this class (11)

Chapter 1 - Whales and the Virus
What is homology,
What is the significance of dorud...,
What is natural selection
23  cards
Chapter Two - Natural Philosophy to Darwin
Why are the galapagos islands spe...,
What is the great chain of being,
What was the issue with the great...
13  cards
Chapter 3 - What Rocks Say
Why did kelvin assume the earth c...,
If kelvin was right what kind of ...,
How can geologists estimate a roc...
41  cards
Chapter 4 - The Tree of Life
What is tiktaalik what is its sig...,
What is a branch,
What is a node
33  cards
Chapter 5 - Protein, DNA, RNA
How is dna organized in eukaryotes,
What are hormones
2  cards
Chapter 7 - Beyond Alleles
What is a polygenic trait,
Discrete genes can cause continuo...,
Genetic environmental influences
35  cards
Chapter 8 - Adaption and Selection in the Wild
What is the additive effect of an...,
What is additive genetic variance,
What maintains variation for quan...
15  cards
Chapter 9
How do we construct the history o...,
What is coalescence,
How do we deal with homoplasy whe...
31  cards
Chapter 11
What is the genetic load,
What is inbreeding,
How does inbreeding occur
15  cards
Study Guide 1
Who was linnaeus and what were hi...,
How old is the earth,
How old is life on earth
11  cards
Final Exam
What has facilitated the evolutio...,
What constrains adaptation,
What is antagonistic pleiotropy
67  cards

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