Ch 2 Flashcards

(32 cards)

1
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Birds without ______ are selected for on _______ because there are few predators and it saves _______

A

Birds without wings are selected for on islands because there are few predators, and it saves energy

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Changes that happen over time within one species and doesn’t change the number of species

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microevolution

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_____evolution is defined as a change in a population that results in ________ number of species

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Macro, more than one

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Viable means that a creature can be ______ and _______

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If a creature can be born and survive, it is _______

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Fertile means that a creature can _________

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To be able to produce offspring is defined as being _______

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Fertile means that a creature can _________

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To be able to produce offspring is defined as being _______

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To be able to produce offspring is defined as being _______

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Fertile means that a creature can _________

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Animals are considered different species when ______

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They cannot breed and produce viable and fertile offspring

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8
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Animals are considered different species when ______

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They cannot breed and produce viable and fertile offspring

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Prezygotic barriers are barriers that______

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Inhibit species from even mating with each other

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Prezygotic barriers are barriers that______

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Inhibit species from even mating with each other

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Postzygotic barriers are barriers that _______

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Inhibit the zygote from being viable or fertile

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How many prezygotic barriers are there?

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5

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What are the five prezygotic barriers?

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Habitat, temporal, mechanical, behavioral, sexual

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What are the five prezygotic barriers?

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Habitat, temporal, mechanical, behavioral,

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14
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Species don’t live in same environment

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Habitat isolation

15
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Species don’t live in same environment

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Habitat isolation

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Species don’t mate at same time of day or year

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Temporal isolation

17
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Species don’t share same behaviors in order to mate

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Behavioral isolation

18
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Species don’t share same behaviors in order to mate

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Behavioral isolation

19
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Genitalia of species can not line up

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Mechanical isolation

20
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Special gamete proteins inhibit fertilization from taking place

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Gametic isolation

21
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A fertilization event takes place, but the offspring dies quickly. This is defined as reduced _________ _______

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Reduced hybrid viability

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A fertilization event takes place, but the offspring can’t reproduce. This is defined as reduced _________ _______

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Reduced hybrid fertility

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When offspring are viable and fertile but their off spring arent
Hybrid breakdown
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When offspring are viable and fertile but their off spring arent
Hybrid breakdown
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When species evolve into two species due to geographic separation
Allopatric speciation
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Speciation happens in the same area, but offspring can't breed with parents
Sympatric
27
Gene flow is interrupted or reduced in ______ speciation
Allopatric
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In a highly subdivided area, what type of speciation would occur more frequently?
Allopatric
29
Can hybridization lead to a new species?
Yes
30
Most novel biological structures evolved in many stages from _________ structures
Previously existing structures