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Pattern |
Revealed by data from scientific disciplines, which are facts and are summarized observations about the natural world |
Brown algae grows higher in the intertidal than red algae |
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Process |
Are mechanisms that produce the observed patterns of change |
Desiccation stress excluded red algae from growing higher im |
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Inheritance of acquired characteristics |
Individuals change in response to environment and then pass those changes to its offspring |
Giraffe |
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Great Chain of Being |
Types of organisms ordered into a linear scheme |
Aristotle proposed
Humans on top |
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Hierarchical classification |
Each level of classification is nested within a high level |
Propose by Linnaeus |
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Hierarchical classification |
Each level of classification is nested within a high level |
Propose by Linnaeus |
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Binomial nomenclature |
Two work species designation composed of a genus and species epithet |
Proposed by Linnaeus |
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Hierarchical classification |
Each level of classification is nested within a high level |
Propose by Linnaeus |
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Binomial nomenclature |
Two work species designation composed of a genus and species epithet |
Proposed by Linnaeus |
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Population |
Individuals of same species that are living in the same area at the same time |
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Hierarchical classification |
Each level of classification is nested within a high level |
Propose by Linnaeus |
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Binomial nomenclature |
Two work species designation composed of a genus and species epithet |
Proposed by Linnaeus |
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Population |
Individuals of same species that are living in the same area at the same time |
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Natural Selection |
Individuals with adaptations will survive better and produce more offspring |
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Adaptations |
Inheritable traits that increase an individual's biological fitness in a particular environment relative to individuals lacking that trait |
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Biological Fitness |
Ability of an individual to survive and produce offspring |
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Descent with Modification |
Change over time produced modern, modified species from ancestral species |
How Darwin described Evolution |
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Analogous |
Species features share similar functions, but do not have common ancestry |
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Phenotype |
Set of observed characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment |
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Genotype |
The genetic constitution of an individual organism |
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Artificial Selection |
Species modification over generations by selective breeding for desired traits |
Leads to domestication of plants and animals |
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Transitional Forms |
Contain traits that are intermediate between earlier and later species |
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Biogeography |
Scientific study of geographic distribution of organisms |
Movement of continents |
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Homology |
A similarity that exist in species descended from a common ancestor |
Three interacting levels |
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Genetic Homology |
Similarity in DNA sequences of different species |
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Structural homology |
Similarity in adult morphology |
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Morphology |
The study of forms of living organisms and the relationship between their structures |
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Vestigial traiy |
A reduced or incomplete developed structure in an organism that has reduced or no function, but is homologous to finding structures in closely related species |
Goose bumps |
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Convergent evolution |
Independent evolution of similar features in different lineages |
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Descent with Modification |
Change over time produced modern, modified species from ancestral species |
How Darwin described Evolution |
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Analogous |
Species features share similar functions, but do not have common ancestry |
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Phenotype |
Set of observed characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment |
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Genotype |
The genetic constitution of an individual organism |
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Microevolution |
Change of allele frequencies in a population over generations |
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Artificial Selection |
Species modification over generations by selective breeding for desired traits |
Leads to domestication of plants and animals |
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Transitional Forms |
Contain traits that are intermediate between earlier and later species |
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Biogeography |
Scientific study of geographic distribution of organisms |
Movement of continents |
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Homology |
A similarity that exist in species descended from a common ancestor |
Three interacting levels |
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Genetic Homology |
Similarity in DNA sequences of different species |
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Structural homology |
Similarity in adult morphology |
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Morphology |
The study of forms of living organisms and the relationship between their structures |
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Vestigial traiy |
A reduced or incomplete developed structure in an organism that has reduced or no function, but is homologous to finding structures in closely related species |
Goose bumps |
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Convergent evolution |
Independent evolution of similar features in different lineages |
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Point mutation |
Change in single base pair of a gene |
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Point mutation |
Change in single base pair of a gene |
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Heterozygous protection |
Process by which one harmful recessive allele can persist for generations, but are masked by favorable dominant allele |
Sickle-cell |
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Neutral variation |
Difference in DNA sequence that do not Conde a selective advantage or disadvantage |
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Neutral variation |
Difference in DNA sequence that do not Conde a selective advantage or disadvantage |
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Sexual selection |
Unsociable with certain inherited characteristics are more likely than other individuals to obtain a mate |
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Intrasexual selevtikn |
Direct competition among individuals of one sex for mates of the opposite sex |
Mainly males |
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Intrasexual selevtikn |
Direct competition among individuals of one sex for mates of the opposite sex |
Mainly males |
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Intersexual selection |
Individuals of one sex are choosy in selecting their mate |
Mostly females |
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"Good Genes" hypothesis |
If a trait is related to a male genetic quality or health, both male trait and female preference for that trait should increase in frequency |
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"Good Genes" hypothesis |
If a trait is related to a male genetic quality or health, both male trait and female preference for that trait should increase in frequency |
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Genetic Drift |
Allele frequencies fluctuate unpredictably from one generation to the next |
The smaller the population, the greater the chance of random deviation from a predicted result |
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"Good Genes" hypothesis |
If a trait is related to a male genetic quality or health, both male trait and female preference for that trait should increase in frequency |
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Genetic Drift |
Allele frequencies fluctuate unpredictably from one generation to the next |
The smaller the population, the greater the chance of random deviation from a predicted result |
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Founder effect |
A few individuals become isolated from a larger population and establish a new population with a significantly different gene pool than the source population |
Tristan da Cuhna |
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"Good Genes" hypothesis |
If a trait is related to a male genetic quality or health, both male trait and female preference for that trait should increase in frequency |
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Genetic Drift |
Allele frequencies fluctuate unpredictably from one generation to the next |
The smaller the population, the greater the chance of random deviation from a predicted result |
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Founder effect |
A few individuals become isolated from a larger population and establish a new population with a significantly different gene pool than the source population |
Tristan da Cuhna |
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Gene pool |
All copies of ever type of allele at ever locus in members of the population |
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"Good Genes" hypothesis |
If a trait is related to a male genetic quality or health, both male trait and female preference for that trait should increase in frequency |
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Genetic Drift |
Allele frequencies fluctuate unpredictably from one generation to the next |
The smaller the population, the greater the chance of random deviation from a predicted result |
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Founder effect |
A few individuals become isolated from a larger population and establish a new population with a significantly different gene pool than the source population |
Tristan da Cuhna |
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Gene pool |
All copies of ever type of allele at ever locus in members of the population |
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Bottleneck effect |
Sudden change in population due to environment |
Flood, hurricane, etc |
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"Good Genes" hypothesis |
If a trait is related to a male genetic quality or health, both male trait and female preference for that trait should increase in frequency |
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Genetic Drift |
Allele frequencies fluctuate unpredictably from one generation to the next |
The smaller the population, the greater the chance of random deviation from a predicted result |
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Founder effect |
A few individuals become isolated from a larger population and establish a new population with a significantly different gene pool than the source population |
Tristan da Cuhna |
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Gene pool |
All copies of ever type of allele at ever locus in members of the population |
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Bottleneck effect |
Sudden change in population due to environment |
Flood, hurricane, etc |
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Gene Flow |
Movement of alleles among populations |
Alleles can be transferred through the movement of fertile individuals or gametes |
