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Evolution
Evolution
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
07/10/2010

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petrification
Definition
process in which mineral replace cells of an organism
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homologous structures
Definition
-same anatomical features and evolutionary origins
-similar origin but not in function
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analogous structures
Definition
similar functions different evolutionary origin
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vestigial structures
Definition
appear to be useless but apparently had some ancestral function
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only changes in the DNA of the sex cells can be
Definition
inherited
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population
Definition
all members of a particular species inhabiting a given location
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gene pool
Definition
sum of all alleles for a trait in a population
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gene frequency
Definition
decimal fraction representing the presence of an allele in a population
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p
Definition
dominant allele
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q
Definition
recessive allele
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p+q=
Definition
1
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Hardy Weinberg assumptions
Definition
-population is large
-no mutations affect gene pool
-mating is random
-no net migration in or out
-genes in population are equally successful at reproducing
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Hardy Weinberg equation
Definition
p2 + 2pq+q2 =1
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genetic drift
Definition
-changes in a gene pool due to chance
-founder and bottleneck
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gene flow
Definition
migration of individuals between populations
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deme
Definition
small local population
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adaptive radiation
Definition
-emergence of a number of lineages from a single ancestral species
-Darwin's finches
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phylogeny
Definition
evolutionary history
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convergent evolution
Definition
groups within similar branches develop similar ways when exposed to similar environments
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parallel evolution
Definition
development of similar though geographically separate adaptations
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heterotrophic anaerobes
Definition
yeast
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genetic drift will have more effect on a
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small population
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directional selection
Definition
selection favors a specific phenotype and selection shifts towards that phenotype
-shifts bell curve
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primordial soup molecules formed by
Definition
oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen (no He because it is inert)
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when given frequency
Definition
plug right in as decimals!
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stabilizing selection
Definition
-selection of mean trait
-more narrow bell curve
-birth weight
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disruptive (diversifying selection)
Definition
-selection for extremes
-bimodal bell curve distribution
-increases diversity
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