chapter 2 Flashcards
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hutton
geological forces shaped the earth and estimated the world to be millions of years old
lyell
processes occurring now volcanoes and earthquakes shaped the earth over long periods of time
earth can change so can life
Lamarck
use and disuse
malthus
competition: natural selection
evidence of evolution
fossil records
geographic distribution- animals w the same environment in different places look the same
homologous structure
embryology
vestigial structures
remnants from evolution
relative dating
comparing depth of a fossils source stratum to the position of a reference fossil or rock
absolute dating
radioactive material
Miller and Urey
tried to create life with the materials that were present at the beginning of the earth
proteinoid microspheres
but cells but have v simple means of storing and releasing energy and a selectively permeable membrane
law of segregation
two copies of each Allele, these separate and one goes to each gamete
multiple alleles
more than two possible alleles can exist in a pop
polygenic traits
traits controlled by two or more genes
founder effect
genetic drift
the hardy Weinberg principle
allele frequencies to remain constant and to reach genetic equil: random mating large population no movement in or out of pop no mutations no natural selection
isolating mechanisms
geographical
time
behaviour
ecological
convergent evolution
species developing similar traits due to similar environments
coevolution
species that rely on each other
if one changes the other has to change
darwins theory
individual organisms differ- overproduction of organisms- struggle to survive- limited resources- fitness- organisms that live pass on traits- NATURAL SELECTIONP
endosymbiotic hypothesis
prokaryotes began living together- mitochondria-atp
chloroplasts- photosynthesis
evolution
any change in relative frequency of alleles in a pop
heritable variation
gene shuffling and mutations
advantages of classification
ability to study the diversity of life with biological meaning
names recognized regardless of language barrier
newly discovered things can be understood better by comparison
see how life evolved on the planet
Carolus Linnaeus
started science of taxonomy
assigned binomial nomenclature: names made up of genus and species from Latin
grouped animals into hierarchy (kingdom, genus and species)