Evolution Flashcards

(30 cards)

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Allopatric Speciation

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Separated or speciation when two same-specie populations separate.

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Sympatric Speciation

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Not separate, or evolution when they inhabit the same area.

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Life History Strategy (3 things)

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  1. Growth
  2. Maintenance
  3. Reproduction
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Stochastic Environment

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Unpredictable environment

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Terminal Investment

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As an organism’s residual reproductive value decreases, its reproductive effort will increase.

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Intraspecific

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Between the same specie

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Interspecific

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Between different species

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Mutualism

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Symbiosis that is beneficial to BOTH organisms involved

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Predation

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Symbiosis where one specie (predator) benefits from the other at the other’s expense

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Altruism

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The actor loses while recipient benefits (full bat feeding other bat) Can it really happen?

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Commensalism

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One specie obtains food or benefits from recipient without either harming or benefiting the recipient

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Sexual Dimorphism

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Differences in appearance between female and male of the same specie.

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Asexual Reproduction

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Offspring arise from a single organism, and inherit the genes of that parent only. (Bacteria)

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Sexual Reproduction

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Organism is created by combining genetic info from two individuals of different sexes.

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Morphology

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Gross structure of an organism and its component parts (physical attributes)

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Phylogeny

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Evolutionary history of a taxonomic group of organisms

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Fecundity

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The natural capability to produce offspring

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Structure of a Chromosome

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Middle= centromere. Tips=telomeres. And the legs are chromatids

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Vestiges

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A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists

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Atavism

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A tendency to revert to something ancient or ancestral. (Ancient trait that reappears)

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Monophyletic Grouping

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All come from the same ancestor

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Paraphyletic Grouping

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Group of organisms that includes an ancestor but not all of its descendants. Just a part of the tree

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Salient Characteristics

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The most notable traits of an organism

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Homolgy

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Existence of shared ancestry

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Analogy
Appear to have shared ancestry, but they don't (butterfly and birds)
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Convergent Evolution
The process by which organisms not closely related independently evolve similar traits
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Homological Evolution
The process by which related organisms evolve similar traits. (Dolphin and human bone hands)
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Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change
1. Mutation 2. Non-random mating 3. Gene flow 4. Finite population(genetic drift) 5. Natural selection
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Homonids
Ape family (homo sapiens)
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Conditions for Natural Selection
1. Reproduction 2. Heredity 3. Variation in organism 4. Variation in individual character