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BIOSCI 101 Evolution Final Questions Flashcards

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What is Mendelian Inheritance?

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Inheritance of a trait is determined by genes, passed onto descendants unchanged.

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How does Diploidy Preserve Variation?

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Shelters rare, recessive alleles from selection.

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What is the Result of Outbreeding?

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Variation and heterozygote genotypes.

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What is the Result of Inbreeding?

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Loss of variation and homozygote genotypes.

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5
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What are Clines?

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Gradual variation that follows a geographic distribution.

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What are Ecotypes?

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Different groups of phenotype occupying different habitats.

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What is Convergent Evolution?

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Unrelated species come to resemble each other due to similar selection pressures.

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What is Co-Evolution?

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Evolutionary change where a feature of one species acts as a selection pressure for another species.

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What is Batesian Mimicry?

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Harmless imitates harmful.

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What is Mullerian Mimicry?

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Multiple harmful species resemble each other.

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What is Gradualism?

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Evolution occurs at a constant rate.

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What is Punctuated Equilibrium?

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Burst of rapid separation among small peripheral populations.

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What are Grades?

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A+ only boy.

Also groups which have evolved new features.

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What are Analogous Structures?

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Structures of similar function from adaptation to similar environments.

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What is Naturalistic Fallacy?

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What is found in nature is good.

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What are Prosimians?

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Bush babies and lemurs.

17
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What are Anthropoids?

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New and old world monkeys/apes.

18
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What is the Out of Africa Model?

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Modern humans originated in Africa 150,000 years ago, spreading and replacing.

19
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What is the Multi-Regional Theory?

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Distant populations linked by gene flow evolved into modern humans.

20
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What is Essentialism and Who Created it?

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Ideal world conceived, actual world perceived - Plato.

21
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Who Created the Scala Naturae?

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Aristotle.

22
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What is Natural Theology and who Created it?

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Diversity of life seen as evidence for the glory of God - Linnaeus.

23
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What Created the Efficient Cause Idea?

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Copernicus and Galileo.

24
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Who Created Catastrophism and what is it Linked to?

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Cuvier - fossil record.

25
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Who Created Gradualism?

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Hutton and Lyell.

26
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Who Wrote about the Principle of Population?

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Malthus.

27
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What is Transformism and Who Created it?

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Organisms arise from inanimate matter and become more complex over time - Jean Baptiste Lamarck.

28
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What is Uniformitarianism?

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Natural laws that apply now have always applied.

29
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Which 5 Pieces of Evidence for Macroevolution did Darwin use?

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Homologous structures, vestigial structures, fossil record, biogeography, adaptation.

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