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30 Cards in this Set
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gamete
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male or female reproductive cell with 1/2 set of chromosomes
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mutation
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a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics
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allele
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1/2 of a gene
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genetic drift
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random changes in the frequency of alleles in a gene pool
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microevolution
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minor evolutionary change observed over a short period of time
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gene pool
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the total alleles that could swap in a gene pool
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gradualism
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where evolutionary changes in a species happens slowly in tiny jumps over a long period of time
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punctuated equilibrium
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characteristic same for long periods of time, that make big changes in short periods of time
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DDT
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid used for insecticide
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mutigen
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any environmental factor that increases the probability of a cellular mutation
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Rachel Carson
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1964 book Silent Spring concept-bioaccummulation
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Lamark
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concious change
use and disuse law of aquired characteristics |
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Lyell
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principles of geology
the earth has changed over time |
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Malthus
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essay on population
grows until a scarcity is reached |
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Wallace
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preadapted trait
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Darwin
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evolutionist
Beagle Galapagos |
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Fitzroy
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captian of the Beagle
commited suicide didn't like Darwin |
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two people who study finches in Galapagos
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Thala Grant and Peter Grant
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paradigm
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a prevailing belief, a new understanding taht everyone believes...i.e. microchip
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el niño
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a shift in current
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atrophy
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wings are smaller or shrunken, disproportionally developed
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vestigial
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flightless wings
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prehensile
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the ability to grip
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Colgate Alma Mater:
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Colgate, alma mater
Fairest theme of all our lays. Colgate, alma mater Ever bless thy days. |
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miosis
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process of 2n cells becoming 1n gametes
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mitosis
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a diploid reproducing itself (asexual reproduction)
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fertilization
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1n+1n=2n
two gametes fuzing (sexual reproduction) |
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diploid cells
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have full set of dna
2n all body cells |
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monoploid
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have 1/2 set of dna
egg or sperm cells gametes |
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What is the WORST place to have a mutation?
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reproductive cells (egg and sperm cells)
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