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Give the different genera of Equidae, starting with Hyracotherium sp. |
Hyracotherium sp. Orohippus sp. Mesohippus sp. Miohippus sp. Parahippus sp. Merychippus sp. Pliohippus sp. Equus sp. |
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How did teeth develop during the evolution of Equidae? |
Shift from cusps to complex ridges on premolars
Increased distance between molars and incisors |
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How did the face develop during the evolution of Equidae? |
Elongation of face Deeper jaw bone |
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How did toes develop during the evolution of Equidae? |
Loss of side toes |
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What is Cope's rule? |
Body mass tends to increase along evolutionary lineages |
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Give two difficulties experienced with fossil records |
Limited in numbers and quality
Analogies due to homoplasies |
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What is meant by the term 'immunological distance' |
Protein from different species are treated with each others antibodies and the intensity of cross reactivity is measured as in an ELISA test |
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Define ortholog |
Homologous DNA sequences with shared ancestry |
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Define paralog |
Similar looking sequence that arose from gene duplication, which are common |
