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Bio Lab 9
Principles of Evolution
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/23/2011

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Darwins Theory of Natural Selection
Definition
All organisms show variation, organisms produce more than can survive, competition, many different phenotypes, survival of the fittest, organisms change with the change of the environment
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Fitness
Definition
any trait that allows an organisms to survive, grow, and reproduce, passing its traits to the next generation
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Eras of the Fossil Record
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Precambian, Stromatolites, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
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Mitochondrial DNA
Definition
replicates all on its own
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What do globin molecules carry?
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Gases
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Which group has hemoglobin similar to humans?
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Macque
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Which group has the least similar hemoglobin to humans?
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Industrial Melanism
Definition
adaptive melanism caused by alteration of the natural environment in terms of industrial pollution
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Homologous Structures
Definition
structures that share a basic pattern but are used for different functions
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Mimicry
Definition
one species resembles another in a deceptive way
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Example of Mimicry
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Snake Catipillar
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Crypticity
Definition
animal adapts in such a way to camouflag itself by blending in with the surroundings
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vestigial structures
Definition
Structures that have no present function, but may have had function earlier
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Example of Crypticity
Definition
acridid grasshopper
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Chronology of Primate Evolution
Definition
afarensis, boisei, erectus, neanderthalensis, sapiens
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