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Drosophila melanogaster |
Fruit fly |
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Evolution |
Observable changes in the average genotype of a population over time hard |
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Hardy-Weinberg equation |
p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1 |
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Mutant |
Differ from wild in some structural or physiological trait |
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Standard Deviation |
Describes the differences in the spread of a distribution. |
Square root of variance |
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Degrees of freedom |
Used to correct for taking a statistic of a statistic. |
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Arch |
Finger print with zero triradii. |
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Loop |
Finger print with one triradii. |
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Whorl |
Finger print with two triradii. |
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Triradius |
A point where the ridges from three different directions come together in a triangular pattern. |
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Total Ridge Count |
Sum of the ridge count for all ten fingers. |
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Coefficient of Variance |
Corrects the standard deviations for the size of the means. |
V = standard deviation / mean |
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Wild Type |
“Normal” type flies. Red eyes, and free of malformed wings and appendages, and thrive under standard culture conditions. |
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Natural selection |
The principle that differing levels of fitness determine which types of organisms survive and reproduce. |
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Frequency Distribution |
Mathematical tool to measure the variation within a group of individuals. |
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Arch |
Finger print with zero triradii. |
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Loop |
Finger print with one triradii. |
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Whorl |
Finger print with two triradii. |
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Normal Curve |
“Bell-shaped” curve of data. |
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Mean |
Middle of the distribution. |
Sum of x / n |
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Variance |
The spread around the mean. |
Sum (x-mean)^2 / (n-1) |
