Bio Final Part 1

Front 1

______ is the study of body plans and structures

Back 1

Comparative Morphology

Front 2

_______ is the degree of adaptation to a specific environment

Back 2

Fitness

Front 3

Individuals with adaptive traits tend to survive longer and produce more offspring, leading to ____ of the species.

Back 3

Evolution.

Front 4

Based on the structural similarity of vertebrate limbs, we can conclude that these structures are examples of _______.

Back 4

Morphological divergence

Front 5

When a certain form of a trait increases the fitness of the individual, this allele will tend to _______ over time.

Back 5

Increase in frequency in the population

Front 6

All vertebrate embryos have _______ at some point during embryonic development, indicating a common evolutionary ancestor.

Back 6

Four limb buds, a tail, and somites

Front 7

Bat wings, human forearms, elephant legs, and cat forelimbs are collectively refereed to as ______.

Back 7

Homologous Structures

Front 8

Morphological divergence is ________.

Back 8

Is the change in body form from that of a common ancestor.

Front 9

Similar structures that have evolved independently in different lineages that do not share common ancestry are called _____.

Back 9

Analogous structures.

Front 10

Which genes guide the formation of specific body parts during embryonic development?

Back 10

Homeotic.

Front 11

Master genes that affect development tend to be highly _____; therefore, similarities in patterns of development reflect shared ancestry that can be evolutionary ancient.

Back 11

Conserved.