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Unit 6- evolution Flashcards

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what is evolution?

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change over time

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natural selection

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individuals with certain traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than others
-mechanism of descent with modification

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taxonomy

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branch of biology concerning identifying, naming and classifying species

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species definition

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pop’s can interbreed and produce fertile offspring with eachother

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what ship did Darwin travel on after quitting med school

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HMS beagle - collected thousands of specimens while traveling the world

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where did Darwin make his most profound discoveries?

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Galapagos islands

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what book did Darwin write?

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The Origin of Species where he explains his Theory of Evolution

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theory def

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widely accepted explanation that is broader than a hypo

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hierarchical classification (specific to least specific)

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species —> genus –> family —> order –> class –>phylum –> kingdom –>domain

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fossil record

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ordered sequence of fossils by age
- marking the passage of geological time

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fossil def

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imprints/remains of organisms that lived in the past
-studied by paleontologists

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what can fossils be preserved by?

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resin, ice, bogs, layered sediment at the bottom of water bodies

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how is relative age determined in a fossil?

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radiometric decay of FIRST layer of desigment

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homology

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similarity resulting from common ancestry

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vestigial structures

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remnants of features that performed important functions in an individual’s ancestor

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examples of vestigial structures

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embryonic similarities
goosebumps
wisdom teeth

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artificial selection

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selective breeding of plants/animals to promote occurrence of desirable traits

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do individuals or populations evolve?

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Populations - individual variation DOES NOT result in evolution, only gen. variation does

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how does natural selection occur?

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a random advantageous mutation occurs that helps individual survive to reproduce –> trait increases every generation —> entire species has evolved to have trait

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what three things increase gen. variation?

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random fertilization
crossing over
law of indep. assortment

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population def

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a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

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gene pool

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frequency of alleles

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mechanism of microevolution

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genetic drift

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who was the first to suggest species evolved from interactions with environment?

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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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analogous structures
similar structures that evolve independently (not bc of common ancestry)
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Lamarck vs. Darwin
Lamarck thought that individuals evolved throughout their lifetime while Darwin believed in descent with modification gradually
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fitness
an indv's ability to survive and pass on its gen. info to offspring -reproductive evolutionary sucess
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genetic variation def
differences in DNA/traits among diff pops of same species
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adaptation def
process in which species becomes fitted to their environment
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survival of the fittest
organisms that are the most 'fit' or 'adapted' to their environment have higher chance of surviving and reproducing
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genetic drift
a RANDOM change in the gene pool of a pop
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bottleneck effect
gen. drift due to drastic reduction in pop. size which decrease gen. variability -some alleles lost -overrepresenation of alleles
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how long will gen. drift go on for in bottleneck effect?
gen. drift will continue until pop. is large enough where it becomes insignificant
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does the founder effect happen with small/large pops?
occurs when small number of indvs are separated from parent pop. -reduces gen. variation?
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gene flow
gen. drift where a pop. may gain or lose alleles by gen. exchange with another pop -might cause pop' s to merge -caused by immigration/emigration
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which famous philosopher held the idea that species are fixed?
Aristotle
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Who developed a concept identical to Darwin?
Wallace
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Who came up with gradualism principal/theory that earth was VERY old and sculpted by graudal geologic processes?
Lyell (scottish geologist)
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sexual selection
indv's with certain (attractive) traits are more likely to mate than others
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sexual dimorphism def
secondary sexual traits that help in attract e.g. colorful adornments, feathers, etc
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directional selection
individuals with allele at ONE end of trait are favored e.g. antibiotic resistance
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disruptive
opposite ends of trait are favored, creating contrast e.g. big can scare off others, small can hide, medium size would die
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stablizing
individuals with intermediate trait are favored e.g, newborn human birth weight
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speciation def
process in which one species splits into 2+ species
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comparative embyrology
comparison of structures that appear during fetal development of diff. species to determine relatedness
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hardy-weinberg equilibrium conditions
1. no mutations 2. no net movement 3. large population 4. random mating 5. all alleles are equally viable (no natural selection)
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molecular evidence of evolution
common. gen code shared by all organisms allows comparisons + shows that all life once had a common ancestor
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coevolution
2 organisms evolving simultaneously to benefit each other e.g. trumpet flower and humming bird
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reproductive barriers function
prevent gen info from being passed on between different species
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prezygotic barriers
prevent fertilized egg from forming
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prezygotic barrier types
1. temporal isolation 2. habitat isolation 3. mechanical isolation 4. gametic isolation
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post-zygote barriers function
operate If organisms do interbreed and a hybrid zygote is formed
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post-zygote: reduced hybrid viability/vitality
hybrid dies before maturity
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post-zygote: reduced hybrid fertility
hybrids become adults but are sterile
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post-zygote: hybrid breakdown
first gen. hybrids survive and reproduce but THEIR children are weak/sterile
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3 domains of life
Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
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allopatric speciation
occurs as a result of geographic isolation
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sympatric speciation
origin of new species without geographic isolation -polyploid
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polyploid def
accidentally creates a new species bc of cell division errors ---> two complete sets of chromosomes and can no longer mate with parent pop. -usually happens in plants
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convergent evolution
two unrelated species develop similar traits bc they live in sim. environments
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divergent evolution
individuals in one species acquire enough gen. variations to speciate
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p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = ?
1
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examples of macroevolution
gen drift- bottleneck, founder, gene flow
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q represents what?
recessive allele
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p represents what?
dominant allele
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pq represents what?
heterozygotes
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p + q = ?
1 / 100%
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there are 40/100 indv's in a pop. with blue eyes, a recessive allele what is the frequency of the heterozygotes?
0.4% = p 0.6% = q ans: 0.24%
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what was early earth's atmosphere like?
C02, H20, CO, H2, N2, NH3, ammonia, H2S, CH4 -No free 02 present
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what was early/primordial earth like?
originally cold, but heat built up with radioactive decay, gases, hot springs, volcanoes, or collisions
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4 conditions necessary for chemical evolution to occur
1. absence of free O2 (would have broken down organic molecules) 2. energy (storms, volcanoes, UV radiation, etc) 3. chemicals 3. time
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Urey and Miller's experiment
designed an apparatus that simulated conditions on early earth ---> saw that these conditions produced aa's and early building blocks
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4 stage hypo for origin of life
1. synthesis of small organic molecules from abiotic chemicals 2. link monomers ---> polymers 3. self-replicating molecules (RNA) for inheritance 4. formation of pre-cells (molecular packages with SOME properties of life) ---> simple cells
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what comes first, simple or complex molecules?
simple- e.g. unicellular ---> multicellular anaerobic ---> aerobic asexual ---> sexual
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evolutionary novelty
structure/component of an organism that allows it to perform a new function e.g. wings, feathers, big brains
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biogeography
study of the distribution of plant and animal species over time
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what is the only way to create new alleles?
mutation - original source of gel. variation that serves as raw material for natural selection
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characs of primates
large brains, dexterous hands, opposable thumbs, eyes in front of face, hand-eye coordination, single births, limber shoulder-joints
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hominid species in order of evolution
Australopithecus and bipedalism (Lucy) homo habilis and tools homo erectus and large brains homo neanderthals and large brain, hunting, tools homo sapiens
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are we still evolving?
yes
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multiregional theory
human evolution started in Africa ---> migrate to all 4 continents and evolve simultaneously - less likely as all humans did not speciate
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out of Africa theory
modern humans arose from ONE African like (other lines outside of Africa went extinct) and that line spread to all continents around 100,000 years ago
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cladograms
models showing evolutionary relationships
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Galapagos finches showed Darwin how...
one species can become isolated and diverge as they become adapted to each environment -specifically diff beaks to eat diff food
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how did antibiotic resistance increase?
went through directional selection -same with insecticides

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