Evolution

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Definition of Evolution

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Descent with modification
Darwin, The Origin of Species
Change in the genetic composition of a population over time
Change in allele frequencies over time

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natural selection

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Process in which individuals with favorable inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce

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Descent with modification

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All organisms are related through descent from an ancestor that lived in the remote past

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4 types of evidence for evolution

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Direct observations of evolutionary change
The fossil record
Homology
Biogeography

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Speciation

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the origin of new species, is at the focal point of evolutionary theory

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Microevolution

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consists of changes in allele frequency in a population over time

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Macroevolution

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refers to broad patterns of evolutionary change above the species level

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biological species concept

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a group of populations whose members have the potential to interbreed in nature and produce viable, fertile offspring; they do not breed successfully with other populations

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CONDITION FOR HERTY WEINBERG: A population is a equilibrium (NOT evolving) when all of the following are true:
(5)

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1. popultion is large and well mixed
2. no migration
3.no mutation
4.mating is random
5. no natural selection

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HW equation

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p^2+2pq+q^2=1

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Kingdom that consists of multicellular eukaryotes that carry out photosynthesis

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plantea

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Eukaryotic kingdom that includes organisms that absorb nutrients after decomposing organic material

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fungi