Evolution Flashcards
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Evolution
Modification for a specific environment
Aristotle
Didn’t believed in evolution/all species are perfect
Linneaus
Came up with a classification system
(Carolus Linnaeus)
Cuvier
Paleontology, the study of fossils
Hutton
Gradualism/ change is slow but constant
Malthus
Economist} human suffering is caused by to many people, not enough to resources
Lamarck
First theory for evolution but incorrect
Adaptation
A character that enhance an organism to survive and reproduced in a specific environment
Darwin Argument
- Variation: individuals vary from their inheritance traits
- Over production: a species produces more offsprings that the environment can support
Darwin Conclusion
1: individuals that adapt traits will produce more offsprings
#2: individuals: are unable to adapt their traits in different environment are more likely to die
Natural Selection
1.Evolution occurs in population} not in individuals
2. Doesn’t create new traits} only edit or modify
3. Inheritable (increase/decrease) depends in population
Homologous Structure
Structures found in different organism but have similarities
Analogues structure
Result of convergent
Two unrelated organism evolve to have similarities that’s due to the similar environment
Genetic variation & Process
Differences in gene and DNA sequences
*Mutation
*short generation time
*gene duplication
Sexual reproduction
Hardy Weinberg 5 conditions
- Random mating
- No mutation
- No gene flow
- No natural selection
- Large population size
Genetic Drift & 2 types
Random fluctuation in allele frequency from one generation to the other
1. The founder effect
2. The bottleneck effect
Gene Flow
Movement of gene from one population to another
Natural Selection 3 modes
- Directional selection= one phenotypes is favorable over the others
- Disruptive selection= both phenotypes extreme favorable over anything in between
- Stabilizing= needle phenotype founder over the extremes
Species
- Prezygotic barrier
Prevent members from different species from mating to produce a zygote
Postzygotic Barries
A mecanismos that blocks reproduction after fertilization and zygote formation
Speciation
(Two types forms)
- Habitant Diffraction
- Sexual selection
History of Life
3.5 Billion years ago
Prokaryotes first living organism in the planet
1.8 billion years ago
Origin of Eukaryotes
1.2 billion years ago
Origin of multicellular organism