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| the unbiased interpretation of representative data |
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| less effective when taking antibiotics |
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| descent with modification |
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| ancestor of sweet corn, which was domesticated by humans |
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| perhaps the fastest breed of dog |
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| the process of intentionally breeding for specific traits |
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| the unintended consequences of artificial selection |
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| selective pressures practiced by agrarian farmers for the last 10,000 years—descent with modification |
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| taxonomist who invented the nested hierarchy |
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| economist who theorized that resources are limited, so populations are limited—keeps populations relatively stable |
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| Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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| Order of nested hierarchy (largest to smallest) |
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| the culmination of many tested and accepted hypotheses that support one another and together form one idea |
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| meaning that evidence can potentially undermine a theory |
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| scientist who also essentially came up with evolution at the same time Darwin did |
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| chance effects alter the genetic composition of a small population over time |
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| when a large population loses many individuals; fewer individuals—smaller population is less able to react to changes |
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| the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population |
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| causes deafness, as well as differently colored pupils and a white band in the hair |
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| subordinate trait expressed by a gene that has greater impact elsewhere |
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| the condition of a single gene controlling more than one (possibly unrelated) phenotypic traits |
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| the traits manifested by organisms that contribute to their survival and reproduction--agents of this are mindless and mutations occur by random chance |
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| how long ago earth was formed |
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| time after beginning of earth that life appeared |
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| effective method of dating--nothing effects it but time |
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| the only source of brand new alleles |
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| scientist who imitated the early components of life--made over 20 organic molecules |
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| the evolutionary process below the level of the species |
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| evolutionary processes at the species level and above |
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| evolutionary processes at the species level and above |
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| number of offspring that an individual contributes to the next generation relative to the contribution of other member of the population |
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| the multidimensional “place” that a species occupies in the ecological “landscape"--encompasses everything |
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| characterization by tissue layers body cavities, and symmetry |
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| number of species in Kingdom Animalia |
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| ancestor of these sponges is theorized to be the "common ancestor" of all animals |
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| virus that infects gypsy moth caterpillars--makes them go high above ground then melt onto leaves below after death |
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| fungal spores date to when? |
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| origin of flowers and fruits |
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| Four Major Groups of Plants |
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| when a eukaryote “engulfs” a cyanobacterium and can now also photosynthesize |
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| anything that is not an animal, plant, or fungus |
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| a symbiosis of fungi and (green) algae (leaf-like, shrub, crust) |
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| number of fungi species described |
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| assumed number of fungi species |
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| tiny filaments of fungi that form a network underground and a “body” above |
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| the interwoven network or hyphae underground or in a substrate |
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| treated as a pest by American farmers, delicacy in Mexico |
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| yeast (single-celled fungus) responsible for beer, wine, and food |
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| yeast responsible for vaginal yeast infections |
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| Cambrian Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian |
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| periods within the paleozoic era, in order from oldest to newest |
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| Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous |
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| periods within the mesozoic era, in order from oldest to newest |
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| present number of species of land plants |
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| don’t have roots or true leaves (require moisture) |
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| quality of nonvascular plants |
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| land plants grow from top |
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| how long mosses "ruled" for |
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| 93% of all plants have this |
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| the eating of insects as food |
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| holds sporangia that release fern spores |
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| Forms in ant’s brain—kills victim--forms spores after ant’s death—extremely virulent |
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| reptilian bird fossil—birds are now considered “avian reptiles” |
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| all coming from one ancestor |
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| sharks, dolphins, penguins, seals, and whales: all respond to water density by having fusiform body shape--example of what? |
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| similarity that results from common ancestor |
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| when similarity results from evolutionary convergence |
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