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Evolution

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The change in gene frequencies within a population over time

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Natural selection

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traits that enhance survival allow for organisms to better live and reproduce, pushing for traits to be selected and more common

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Darwin’s postulates for natural selection

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  1. variation is within populations
  2. some variations are heritable
  3. organisms over-reproduce
  4. different survival based on traits
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Evolutionary fitness

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the ability an organisms has to survive and reproduce

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Reproductive success

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how well an organism is able to create offspring that can survive to reproductive age

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Directional selection

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change in a population’s phenotype or genotype overtime away from what the mean is in the environment

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Disruptive selection

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causes two extreme versions of a trait

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Stabilizing selection

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selection where the average and moderate phenotypes are selected for, and the extremes start to go away

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Genetic Variation in a population

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natural genetic differences among organisms part of the same species and population.. allows for population to better survive

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Phenotypic variation in a population

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variation in appearances of organisms, can be considered a combination of genotypic and environmental variations.

like genotypic variation, it is important in helping populations survive when changes occur

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Artificial selection vs natural selection

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artificial selection happens because external factors such as human purposefully influence the traits that are selected, eg. dog breeding

natural selection does not have such interventions

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Mutation

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change DNA sequences

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Genetic drift (bottleneck effect and founder effect)

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genetic drift is a random change in the allele frequencies in a gene pool

bottleneck effect is when a large part of the population is destroyed so the gene pool decreases and the consequent generations have lesser genetic variation

founder effect is when individuals from a population are separated from the rest of the population and thus only carry a small unrepresentative section of genes

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Migration

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movement of individuals or populations across different regions that can also cause gene flow

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Gene flow

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movement or exchange of genes from different populations

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5 conditions for Hardy weinberg equilibrium

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  1. no mutations
  2. no gene flow
  3. a very large population
  4. random mating
  5. no natural selection
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Allele frequency

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what the frequency or how common an allele is in a population

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Genotype frequency

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proportion of different genotypes in a population

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Geographical evidence

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distribution of species all over the world to understand evolution

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Molecular evidence

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DNA and protein sequences that show proof of evolution

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Extant and extinct organisms

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extant organisms are ones that are still alive and exist

extinct organisms are ones that completely died

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Fossils

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preserved remains of ancient organisms

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Sedimentary rock

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rocks formed from cementation of sediments

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Radiometric dating including Carbon-14 dating

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used to determine age of organic materials

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Common ancestry
to come from the same species before evolving into different...same origin
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Conserved genes
genes that can be found in all organisms
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Homologous structures
when organisms that have shared ancestry have structures that are similar but have different functions
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Analogous structures
organisms don't have shared ancestry but have structures that are similar in function.. (don't always look the same, think wings of bats, birds, butterflies)
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convergent evolution
organisms that don't have a common ancestor and aren't closely related eventually evolve to have the same or similar features and behaviors
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Divergent evolution
when species start from the same source but evolve to be different the ancestors
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Bacterial resistance to antibiotics
the bacteria with resistance to antibiotics survive and multiply quickly, spreading to other germs too
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Phylogeny
study of evolution through relationships of organisms
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Phylogenetic tree
a way to visually show phylogeny and the relationships and closeness between organisms evolutionary and genetic distance
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Cladogram
similar to phylogentic trees but this isn't about evolution its a way to display relationships based on related characteristics
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Molecular clock
measures the unchanging rate of change that an organism's genome goes through
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Shared derived characteristics
shared - character that one or two lineages have in common derived - character that evolves from a lineage into a clade, individuals of clade are different than other clades
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Out-group
distantly related group of organisms that is a reference point for evolutionary relationships of the ingroup
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Monophyletic group
a group containg a common ancestor and all of its descendants
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Clade
another word for monophyletic group
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Common ancestor
species that many other's have originated from...having a shared origin
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Speciation
process through which a new species forms
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Morphology
study of organism's structure and form
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Reproductive isolation
barriers between different species that stops them from breeding and making healthy children includes evolutionary, behavioral, psychological, genetic, physical, etc.
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Punctuated equilibrium
evolution happens in little segments where for long periods nothing changes and then in short spurts lots of evolution occurs
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Gradualism
evolution where species change slow and steadily
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Speciation rate
rate that species can emerge from a starting point
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Allopatric speciation
geographical isolation causes a new species to evolve from the original
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Sympatric speciation
new species evolving from original group without geographical isolation
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Prezygotic reproductive isolation
barriers that stop fertilization from happening, like stops a zygote from being formed
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Post zygotic reproductive isolation
barriers after zygote formation that prevent further reproduction such as death as embryos or being born sterile
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Extinction
organisms disappearing from existence, all of them die out
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Extinction rate
the rate at which extinction happens
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Background extinction rate
the normal number of species expected to go extinct over a period of time
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How humans cause increase in extinction rate
over-consumption, habitat loss, pollution, hunting, etc.
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Genetic Diversity and extinction rate
low genetic diversity means higher chances of going extinct and higher genetic diversity means lower chances of species or populations going extinct
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Inorganic compounds
compounds that don't have carbon-hydrogen bonds
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Organic compounds
compounds that have carbon in them
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RNA world Hypothesis
life in this world started because of RNA molecules that could copy themselves
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RNA as genetic material
RNA is the genetic material for viruses and is important in protein synthesis and other processes
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RNA as enzymes
ribozymes are RNA molecules that can catalyze reactions

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