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Biodiversity
Lecture 13
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/17/2011

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geographic separation
Definition
Speciation can occur in two ways, either with ___ or without it
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allopatric speciation
Definition
A new species forms while isolated from its parent population.
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sympatric speciation
Definition
A small population becomes a new species without geographic separation.
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allopatric speciation
Definition
In ___, gene flow is interrupted when a population is divided into geographically isolated subpopulations
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allopatric speciaition
Definition
In ___, one or both populations undergo evolutionary change during the separation
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reproductive isolation
Definition
In order for allopatric speciation to occur, ___ must be established
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allopatric speciation
Definition
In order for ___ to occur, reproductive isolation must be established
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sympatric speciation
Definition
In ___, speciation takes place in geographically
overlapping populations
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sympatric speciation
Definition
This type of speciation is probably not very common in the wild
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polyploidy
Definition
the occurrence of extra sets of chromosomes from accidents during cell division
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polyploidy
Definition
This has caused the evolution of some new plant species
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autopolyploid
Definition
___ is an individual with more than two chromosome sets, all derived from a single species
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allopolyploid
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___ is a species with multiple sets of chromosomes from different species
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allopolyploid
Definition
Mustard is an ___
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allopolyploid
Definition
a species with multiple sets of chromosomes derived from different species
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sypatric speciation
Definition
In some fish, ___ has resulted from sexual selection
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sexual selection
Definition
In some fish sympatric speciation has resulted from ___.
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adaptive radiation
Definition
the evolution of a group of taxa from a common ancestor
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adaptive radiation
Definition
This can happen when a species is introduced to new environmental opportunities
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the Hawaiian archipelago
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___ is one of the world’s great showcases of adaptive radiation
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I'iwi
Definition
The ___ is one of a diverse group of honeycreeper birds descended from a single common ancestor
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honeycreeper birds
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The I’iwi is one of a diverse group of ___ descended from a single common ancestor
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Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould
Definition
___ and ___ coined the term punctuated equilibrium to describe these periods of apparent stasis punctuated by sudden change
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punctuated equilibrium
Definition
Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould coined the term ___ to describe these periods of apparent stasis punctuated by sudden change
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gradualism
Definition
Species descended from a common ancestor gradually diverge more and more as they acquire unique adaptations
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punctuated equilibrium
Definition
A new species changes most as it buds from a parent species and then changes little for the rest of its existence.
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macroevolutionary change
Definition
___ is the cumulative change of thousands of small changes
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evolve in many stages
Definition
Most biological innovations ___ from earlier structures
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