Important concepts Flashcards

(9 cards)

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Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

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Recapitulation Theory

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2
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Evolution won a small scale (in a single population )

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Microevolution

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Evolution on a scale that transcends the boundaries of a single species

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MacroEvolution

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4
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Urey-Miller Experiment

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Trying to find out if biological molecules could form spontaneously on primitive earth

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5
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Urey-Miller results

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Biological molecules can form outside of a cell

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6
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First oxygen producers

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Cyanobacteria

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7
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Laminated structures created by microbial communities

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Stromatolites

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8
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A principle stating that the genetic variation in a population will remain constant from one generation to the next in the absence of disturbing factors

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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

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9
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Conditions for HWE

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No Mutations, Random mating, No Natural Selection, Large population, and no Gene flow

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