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Biology
Undergraduate 4
10/04/2010

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Term
Cures for Ophelia Syndrome (6)
Definition
• Seek out good teachers
• Live with Uncertainty
• Foster Idle thinking
• Step out of bounds
• Dare to know & trust yourself
• Dialectical thinking
Term
1859
Definition
Darwin writes Origin of the Species
Term
1908
Definition
1st presidency's statement "On the Origin of Man"
Term
1909
Definition
Joseph F. Smith - Improvement Era:
...Adam took on "appropriate body"
...Anti-evolution tone
Term
1910
Definition
3 options:
..Divinely Directed Evolution
..Interplanetary Transport
.."Born here in mortality as other mortals ahve been"
Term
1925
Definition
Scopes Monkey Trial
..Teaching Evolution in schools
Heber J. Grant - neutralization of 1909 Statement
Term
1928-1931
Definition
BH Roberts vs. Joseph F. Smith
Talmage Intervenes - "Earth & Man"
Term
1954
Definition
Joseph Fielding Smith publishes "Man, His Origin & Destiny"
...J Reuben Clark's talk "When Leaders' Words are Scripture"
Term
1958
Definition
Bruce R. McConkie writes "Mormon Doctrine"
Term
1975
Definition
Spencer Kimball "Rib is figurative"
Term
1992
Definition
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
BYU Evolution Packet published
Term
Nested Hierarchical Structure of Life
Definition
Carolus Linnaeous
Term
Extinction
Definition
Cuvier (i.e. Irish Elk)
Term
Succession of Fossil Types
Definition
Charles Lyell
Simplest Organs are Deeper
Term
Charles Lyell (3 theories)
Definition
Uniformitarianism
Inclusion
Intrustion
Term
Geographical Relationships
Definition
Wallace and Sarrawak
Term
Wallace Line
Definition
Tectonic Plates with species meeting
Term
Sarrawak's Law
Definition
Tectonic Plates moving apart
Term
Shared Embryonic Features
Definition
Ernst Haeckel
Term
Homologous STructures
Definition
Richard Owen
Term
Tree Thinking
Definition
We come from a common ancestor (Theory)
Term
Consilience
Definition
bringing multiple ideas together to make one idea
Term
Principles Guiding Evolution
Definition
Religion
Philosophy
Science
Term
Plato
Definition
Fixed essence, "Accidental" Imperfections
Term
Christian Philosophy
Definition
1.All God’s creations have an ‘essence’
2.All creations have their ranked place in a plan “Great Chain of Being”
3.Creations are permanent
Term
Lamarck
Definition
Giraffe's - Organic Progression Hypothesis
Term
Cuvier
Definition
Paleontologist
..Immutability of Species
..Extinction by Catastrophes
Term
Paley
Definition
Natural Theology - Watchmaker
Term
Chambers
Definition
"Vestiges of Natural History"
No name on the book he published
Broke down social order
Term
Darwin's 3 Influences
Definition
Lyell
Galapagos
Malthus
Term
Lyell
Definition
Uniformitarianism, Geological Ideas
Term
Wallace
Definition
while dying of Malaria, discovers Natural Selection
Term
Criticisms of Evolution
Definition
Age of Earth
Question of Heredity
Complex Adaptation
Term
Neo-Lamarkism
Definition
Proved false by mouse-tail cutting experiment
Term
Orthogenesis
Definition
Evolution intentionally moves to fixed goals and species
Term
Mutationism
Definition
Natural Selection not Necessary
Term
Finding Truth
Definition
Authority
Revelation
Logic
Science
Term
Creationist Doctrine
Definition
Ex Nihilo Creation
Biblical Literalism
Biblical Exclusivity
Bible as a Comprehensive Source
Term
Is ____ Scientific?
Definition
Descriptive?
Predictive?
Regutability?
Productivity?
Term
3 Pillars of Creationism
Definition
Scientific
Religious
...Common ancestry
...Natural Selection
Educational
...fairness in teaching all sides
Term
Behe
Definition
Irreducible Complexity - complex parts work together
Term
Homology
Definition
Identity by descent
i.e. homologous structures
Term
Analogy
Definition
Identity by Convergence
i.e. alligator vs hippo eyes
Term
Monophyletic
Definition
ONE common ancestor
Term
Apomorphy
Definition
derived character state
..Descendents have it, ancestors don't
Term
Synapomorphy
Definition
shared, derived character state
(for determining relationships)
Term
Autopomorphy
Definition
Unique, derived character state
..only one species has it
..don't tell about relationships between species
Term
Pleisiomorphy
Definition
ancient character state
Term
Symplesiomorphy
Definition
shared, ancient character state
Term
Homoplasy
Definition
Analogy
Term
Homoplasious Character
Definition
Character states which rose independently in multiple lineages
Term
Ingroup
Definition
All taxa of interest for a given phylogenetic problem
Term
Outgroup
Definition
all taxa outside of a group of interest
Term
Sister Group
Definition
Shared MRCA (most recent common ancestor)
Term
Clade
Definition
monophyletic group on a tree
Term
Cladogram
Definition
tree topology
Term
Parsimony
Definition
the most simple explanation is the most likely
Term
No genetic Variation = ?
Definition
No evolution
Term
New Alleles come from:
Definition
Point Mutations
Recombination
Term
New Genes come from:
Definition
Gene Duplications
Chromosome Alterations
Polyploidy (new species also)
Term
Synonymous Substitutions
Definition
same amino acid
Term
Nonsynonymous Substitutions
Definition
Rare bc they are lethal
Term
Trivial Classification
Definition
Organizing system of convenience
Term
Non-Trivial Classification
Definition
i.e. periodic table, phylogenetics
Term
5 mechanisms of Evolution
Definition
1. Mutation
2. Migration
3. Genetic Drift
4. Non-Random Mating
5. Natural Selection
Term
HW Equilibrium predicts:
Definition
No Evolution
Term
5 Assumptions of HW Equilibrium
Definition
1. No Mutation
2. No Migration
3. Large Population Size
(no genetic drift)
4. Random Mating
5. No Natural Selection
Term
Neutral Theory
Definition
most mutations are deleterious
Term
Selectionist Theory
Definition
Advantageous mutations are too common to be ignored
Term
Inbreeding
Definition
decreases Heterozygocity
does NOT affect allele frequencies
Term
Inbreeding Depression
Definition
Offspring are less fit
Term
Natural Selection:
Definition
Variation
Heritability
Differential Survival and Reproduction
Survival & Reproduction are not random - they depend on heritable variation
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