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Senescence

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Deterioration of an organisms biological functions as it ages

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Trivets-Willard Hypothesis

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Based on their condition females adjust the sex ratio of their offspring

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Metapopulation

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Spatially separated populations that still interact and exchange genes

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Introgression

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Mixing of genes & phenotypic traits in hybrids, occasional interbreeding & gene transfers

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Vicariance

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Formation of geographic barriers to dispersal & gene flow –> separation of once continuously distributed populations

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Parapatric speciation

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“at the edges”, evolution of new species w/in spatially extended pop w/ some gene flow

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Introgressive hybridization

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Complex repeated movement from one species into the gene pool of another species

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Autopolyploidy

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More than two paired chromosomes resulting from a chromosome duplication event, all chromosomes come from the same species

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Allopolyploidy

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More than two paired chromosomes resulting from interspecific hybridization, hybridization & chromosome duplication

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True extinction

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When the last member of a clade dies, can be of a species or a group of species

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Extirpation

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Local/partial extinction

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Biogeography

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The study of present & past geographical patterns of diversity

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Gondwanaland

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A supercontinent, includes Africa, North & South America, peninsular India, Australia, & Antarctica, formed near the beginning of Cambrian time

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Punctuated equilibrium theory

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States that most species undergo very little change for most of their geological history interspersed with brief periods of rapid morphological change associated with speciation

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Anagenesis or gradualism

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Slow & steady change in a species lineage, may also transform one species into another, may include speciation/lineage splitting

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Background extinction

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The normal expected rate of extinction for a particular taxonomic group. relatively slow for most organisms

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Mass extinction

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The loss of many whole clades in a relatively short time span, represents statistically significant excursions above background extinction rates

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Virulence

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Ability to cause damage or even death

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Paedomorphosis

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Retention of juvenile features in sexually mature adults

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Geographic mosaic theory of evolution

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Gene flow moves different co-evolved genes among populations (strong & weak selection) → variability in responses to selection in different populations

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Batesian mimicry

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A harmless or palatable mimic resembles a poisonous or distasteful model species

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Mullerian mimicry

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Where two or more toxic species mimic each other

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Aposematic colouring

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An organism with warning colours to deter predation

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Aging hypothesis

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DNA errors & changes in protein structure (like collagen elasticity) accumulate with age b/c telomeres shorten w/ each cell replication

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Inclusive fitness
Older females may benefit from helping rear young in their families that aren't their young b/c they share genes
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Genomic imprinting
Genes inherited from either parent silenced due to methylation, can result in offspring who express either maternal or paternal copies of the gene but not both
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Morphological/Linnean species concept
Applicable to all sexual asexual & fossil organisms, out of favour b/c DNA sequencing & phylogenetic analysis
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Biological species concept
Species are groups of actually/potentially interbreeding populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups, widely accepted for sexually reproducing organisms
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Phylogenetic species concept
Smallest possible group descending from a common ancestor & recognizable by unique derived traits
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Lineage species copncept
Species are metapopulations of organisms that exchange alleles frequently enough that they comprise the same gene pool & therefore the same evolutionary lineage
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Allopolyploid
A species with multiple sets of chromosomes derived from two different species
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Behavioural ecology
Study of connections b/t ecology, evolution, & behaviour
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Behaviour
Response to a stimulus mediated by the nervous system
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Hominin
~30 fossil non-ape "pre-humans" & modern humans, living humans & all distinct non-ape relatives
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Allopatric speciation
The evolution of a new species due to geographic barriers physically dividing a population into two and preventing gene flow between them long enough for them to become separate species
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Proto-oncogenes
Genes that have the potential to cause cancer when they acquire certain mutations
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Oncogenes
Mutant versions of proto-oncogenes
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Competitive exclusion principle
2 closely related species in the same environment leads to one getting outcompeted
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Tinkerer
Someone who makes small changes in something that already exists
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Life history
The pattern of investment an organism makes in growth & reproduction; includes organism's age at first reproduction, number & size of offspring produced, & life span
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Species life spans
Genetic makeup controls age of reproductive maturity, numbers & sizes of offspring, & sex ratios
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Reproductive barriers
Intrinsic biological features of organisms that reduce likelihood of interbreeding & producing viable offspring
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Adaptive radiation
Rapid diversification into a range of uncontested niches due to a lack of competition
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Reciprocal selection
Selection that occurs in 2 species due to their interactions w/ each other, example- red queen effect
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Cospeciation
When a population speciates in response to & in concert with another species
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Individual selection
Selection arising from variation in fitness among individuals
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Group selection
Differential fitness of groups causes some groups to outcompete others & ultimately have higher fitness, slower to evolve b/c individuals in groups also favour their individual fitness
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Kin selection
Selection arising from indirect genetic benefits of helping relatives raise offspring rather than reproducing yourself
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Eusociality
Most members never reproduce themselves but help rear offspring of a few dominant members, seen in hymenoptera (ants, bees...), termites, naked mole rats
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Haplodiploidy
Diploid offspring formed from fertilized eggs are female & haploid offspring formed from unfertilized eggs are male
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Paleoanthropology
Study of human origins
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Prosimians
Oldest primate clade
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Pierolapithicus
Late Miocene fossil ape
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Biological evolution
Any change in the inherited traits of a population that occurs from one generation to the next

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