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Who influential book entitled On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

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Charlies Darwin

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Over generations, individuals with the best functioning traits are consistently selected, _________________ are produced.

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Evolutionary adaptation

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Darwin predicted _____________ to have existed between species.

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Numerous intermediate

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Darwin was aboard the HMS beagle he collected numerous specimens by doing this he found that.

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many of the Galapagos species resembled those in South America, but showed some variation

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Darwin was strongly influenced by the writing of geologist ____________, who promoted the idea of an ancient Earth.

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Charles Lyell

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Darwin became convinced that the Earth was very old, had been shaped by ____ _______, and continues to change even today.

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Slow processes

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All organisms inhabiting Earth today are derived from ______________that may have looked differently

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Ancestral species

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All organisms inhabiting Earth today are derived from ancestral species that may have looked differently, by the mechanism by which this is accomplished is _______________.

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Natural selection

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As organisms reproduce, they can have a variety of offspring. Those offspring best fit for their environment are most fit to _________ and _______.

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Survive

Reproduce

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What are some evidences commonly used to support evolution.

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  • Fossils
  • Biogeography
  • comparative anatomy and embryology
  • Molecular biology
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What are fossils?

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Fossils are remnants of organisms that lived in the past that have been turned to stone

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What can fossils include?

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  • Plants
  • animals
  • impressions
  • bones
  • soft tissues.
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What type of rock is most likely to find fossilization?

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Sedimentary rock

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What can fossil be often used for?

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To compare anatomy with extinct organisms with extant ones

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what is interpreted as chronology of fossils embedded in rock layers of different ages.

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the fossil record

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Fossil records are used to show that organism appeared in a ________________.

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Historical sequence

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Older more primitive organisms at the ______.. and ____ more advanced organisms at the top.

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Bottom

New

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___________ is the study of the geographic distribution of species.

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Biogeography

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____________ then explains that organisms must have characteristics to live in a particular environment

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Natural selection

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_____________ is the comparison of body structure between different species

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Comparative anatomy

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_________ is the similarity of structure due to common ancestry.

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homology

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___________ became modified to under a new function

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Ancestral structures

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__________ is the similarity of structures based on function, but does not share common ancestry.

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Analogy

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Forelimbs of mammals are constructed from the same skeletal element, because they are interpreted as sharing a common ancestor they are considered __________

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Homologous

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________________ is the comparison of structures that appear similar during the development of different organisms.
Comparative embryology
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During early embrology, some vertebrates look similar, implying they have very similar features, which may indicate ______________.
Common ancestry
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Molecular biology of organisms is also used to show _____________ among species.
Evolutionary relationships
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___________ can be used to determine how distantly (or closely) organisms are related.
DNA squences
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The more similar one's DNA is to an organism, the more likely that they are _________.
Closely related
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The less similar one's DNA is to an organism, they are more likely _______________.
Distantly related.
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The similarity between human and chimpanzee DNA is _______.
~98%
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Chimpanzees and humans have the most _____________ of humans with any species.
Similar genetic match
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Darwins Galapagos finches are an example of _________ as a result of __________.
Adaptive evolution | Natural selection
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Evolutionary biologist indicated that any close evolutionary relationship to humans is due to
similar genetics
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All the individuals in a population have ___________________.
slightly different characteristics | for example Lady bugs
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Much of this variation is _______, and passed down from generation to generation.
Heritable
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Individuals with less reproductive success die, therefor they do ______________.
Not reproduce
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Only those individuals with traits best suited for their environment are more likely to survive, and _________________________________.
reproduce, leaving a greater number of offsprings
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What are some examples of natural selections.
- Pesticide resistance in insects | - Development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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Insects with a resistance to pesticides, will be the ones ___________________________.
more likely to survive and reproduce
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Consistent use of antibiotics can select for antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria that are ___________.
difficult to treat
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A ________ is a group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time.
Population
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Because variance amongst individuals must be present to select from, populations _________________.
are the smallest biological unit that can evolve.
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Population geneticists investigate the fate of populations as _____________.
evolutionary units
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When tracking the genetic makeup of a populations over time this allows us to do what?
allows us to determine whether a population is evolving and how fast it is changing
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Although there is a lot of variation among individuals of a population differences in _________________.
Genetic components
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Mutations are random ___________ of an organism
Changes in the DNA
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Most mutations are deleterious, but sometimes they are considered to be _______.
beneficial
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Sexual recombination shuffles and distributes genetic material during ______ divisions
Meiotic
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DNA containing these mutations can then be passed from a ____ to an _____.
Parent | Offspring
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The gene pool includes all versions of all _____ in all individuals making up a population.
Genes
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The gene pool is the collective _____ of the population.
Genomes
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The dominant allele in the population is symbolized by the letter
p
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The recessive allele in the population is symbolized by the letter
q
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Together the dominant allele and the recessive allele can be symbolized as
p+q=1
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p^2
Homozygous dominant
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2qp
Heterozygous
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q^2
homozygous recessive
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How is the Hardy Weinburg expressed?
p^2+2pq+q^2=1
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What does the Hardy-Weinburg equation represent?
is a mathematical representation of a gene pool
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The Hardy-Weinburg equation adds up all of ______ in population and is used to determine expected _______ of the next generation.
Genotypes | Phenotypes
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If the Hardy-Weinberg equation is in equilibruim, this describes a __-___ population that is in genetic stasis (not changing over time)
Non-evolving
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When the hardy-weinberg equation is not in equilibrium, the allele frequencies continually change over time, and the population is undergoing small scale evolution called _____________.
microevolution
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P=
Number of dominant alleles for a given gene in a population --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sum of total alleles for a given gene in the population
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q=
Number of recessive alleles for a given gene in a population ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sum of total alleles for a given gene in the population
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If a locus has two alleles, W and w there could be three possible genotypes:
WW, Ww, and ww.
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The frequency of all three genotypes must be __ or ___
100% or 1.0
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p^2 + 2pq + q^2 =
100% or 1.0
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Homozygous dominant (p^2) + heterzygous (2pq) + homozygous recessive (q^2)
=100%
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_______ is measured by changes in allele frequency in a population.
Microevolution
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Mechanisms of microevolution include
Genetic drift gene flow mutations natural selection
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__________ is a change in the gene pool of a small population due to chance.
Genetic drift
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The bottleneck effect is an example of ______.
genetic drift
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The bottle neck effect results from a drastic reduction in population size and therefore a reduction in the genetic variation because this limits the __________ to select from
Possible genes
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The_______ Is genetic drift in a new colony
Founder effect
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The founder effect explains why certain unusual alleles (such as genetic disorders among humans) are expressed more frequently in populations founded by only____ indiviuals than in the original, ____ population
Few | large
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When population regularly or irregularly exchange genetic material, this is called_______.
gene flow
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The ____ of genetic material from other populations will reduce the genetic differences between population.
Influx
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________ are permanent changes in an organisms genome.
mutations
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A single mutation in a single organism ordinarily will not have an impact on a large population since most ______________.
Mutations are lethal
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A mutation that is beneficial during periods of environmental stress, however can make the difference between _____ and _____.
Survival | death
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_________ is the contribution an individual make to the gene pool of the next generation relative to contribution of others with that population.
Relative fitness
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The number of offspring is away to determine ______.
fitness
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zero offspring =
zero fitness
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During ______ the phenotype of a population is shifted.
Directional selection
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Directional selection favors a more _______ phenotype, shifting alleles in a population.
Extreme
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During ___________ both extremes of phenotype are favored.
Disruptive selection
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In disruptive selection the intermediate phenotype is not advantageous and its frequency becomes _________.
Reduced
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During ________ the variation of a particular trait becomes limited
Stabilizing selection
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In stabilizing selection the extreme trait values are not beneficial then the mean value is selected for.
,
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what is sexual selection?
- is a form of natural selection | - in which individuals with certain characteristics are more likely than other individuals to obtain mates
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In many animals species, males and females show distinctly different appearances called _______________.
sexual dimorphism
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___________ (within the same sex) involves competition for mates, usually by males.
Intrasexual selection

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