Chapter 12 Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
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5 conditions for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
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- no natural selection; 2. no mutations; 3. no migration; 4. random mating; 5. infinite population
2
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operating under the premise that alleles frequencies do not change
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
3
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believed that individuals in a species are basically identical and species are unchanging
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Aristotle
4
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believed that species change as they spread from their original location
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Buffon
5
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believed that changes in nature are gradual; uniformitarianism
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Hutton
6
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believed that species reappear after catastrophes; fossils represent extinctions
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Cuvier
7
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developed system of taxonomy
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Linnaeus
8
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believed in the inheritance of acquired characteristics (driven by “inner need”)
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Lamarck
9
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father of biogeography; “Wallace’s line”
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Wallace
10
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Darwin’s postulates
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- variability; 2. heritability; 3. selection; 4. time
11
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fitness
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reproductive success
