Bio Vocab 5

Question 1

A model of how the evolutionary history likely occurred

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Evolutionary Tree

Question 2

Evolution ca be measured by comparing ____ over time

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Allele Frequency

Question 3

The percentage of the population with a particular set of alleles

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Genotype frequency

Question 4

A population that is experiencing no change in allele frequency from one generation to the next is on

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Hart Weilburg Equilibrium

Question 5

A grouping of organisms that includes a common ancestor and all of its descendant species

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Monophyletic group

Question 6

Changes to DNA allow for differences in populations

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Variation by mutation

Question 7

The ability to reproduce in large enough numbers that will cause the population to reach a carrying capacity

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Biotic potential

Question 8

A trait that is passed on from one generation to the next is said to be

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Heritable

Question 9

Similar traits in different species that were inherited from a common ancestor

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Homologous

Question 10

Similar traits in different species that were NOT inheritors from a common ancestor

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Analogy

Question 11

The most common form of evolution; driven by the influence of ecosystems

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Natural selection

Question 12

When two species revolved from the same population long ago it is said that they share a

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Common ancestor

Question 13

_____ provides an important evidence of evolution by showing a shared developmental path before birth

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Embryology

Question 14

____occurs when to distinct species experience similar natural selection that results in similar independently evolved traits

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Convergent evolution

Question 15

The ___ must be met for natural selection to occur

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Postulates of natural selection

Question 16

Organisms in or conditions of an ecosystem that prevent a population from growing exponentially

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Limiting factors

Question 17

The ability of some individuals to survive and reproduce better than other individuals

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Differential fitness

Question 18

____ is determined by both the reproductive success of an individual over its lifetime

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Evolutionary fitness

Question 19

A population where one biological sex seeks partners with specific traits over those that do not have those traits

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Sexual selection

Question 20

_____ results when a small population survives or founds a new colony but does not represent the genetics of the original population

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Genetic drift

Question 21

Large migrations from one population to another that has the potential to alter the genetics of the population

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Gene flow

Question 22

___ theory uses traits such as lifespan reproduction and growth to understand evolutionary fitness

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Life history

Question 23

A hypothetical organism that can live forever, reproduce immediately after birth, and have an infinite number of offspring

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Darwinian demon

Question 24

_____ are ancestral traits found in most of the population but no longer have a function

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Vestigial structures

Question 25

An ancestral trait that is rarely found in the population but occasionally reappears in newborns with specific mutations

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Ativism