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EVOLUTION!!!
natural selection, types of evolution, rates of evolution, hardy weinberg theory, factors of evolution, evidence!
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Biology
11th Grade
05/16/2012

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Speciation
Definition
two populations cannot interbreed, become two different species. 4 causes: Geographical, Ecological, Behavioral, and Seasonal isolation
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Geographical Isolation
Definition
separated by different locations or areas of living
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Ecological Isolation
Definition
living in different ecosystems
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Seasonal Isolation
Definition
migrate/mate during different seasons
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Types of Reproductive Isolation
Definition
prezygotic and postzygotic
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Prezygotic isolation
Definition
gametes never meet due to geographical isolation, different mating behaviors, or seasonal isolation
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Behavioral Isolation
Definition
nocturnal vs. diurnal, different mating calls/seasons
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Postzygotic Isolation
Definition
mating or fertilization occurs, but the zygote doesn't develope, or it is infertile and can't reproduce
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Coevolution
Definition
Change in a species in association to another species - predator gets faster prey must get faster, flowers are colorful to attract bird/insects, birds/insects are colorful to camouflage with flowers
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Convergent
Definition
Environment dictates traits - fish look similar even if not related, whale is mammel but looks similar to fish (dorcil fin)
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Divergent
Definition
1 population becomes two or more due to different habitats or environmental changes. 2 types: adaptive radiation, and artificial selection
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Adaptive Radiation
Definition
one species creates more to avoid competition (finches)
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Artificial Selection
Definition
chosen and forced by breeders (ex. dogs and cows)
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Gradualism
Definition
slow minor genetic changes due to slow environmental changes
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Punctured Equilibrium
Definition
period of rapid change, which creates many species at once due to isolation, rapid environmental changes, or genetic mutations
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Evolution (broad idea)
Definition
change in a population over time
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Microevolution
Definition
a population's genetics change over dozens/hundreds of generations
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Macroevolution
Definition
forms new species over a much longer time period than microevolution
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Gene Pool
Definition
all genes in a local population, not an entire species
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Hardy - Weinberg mathematical models
Definition
allele frequency - p + q = 1
genotypic frequency - p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1
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H-W Assumptions
Definition
no mutations
nobody moves
large population
random mating
no natural selection
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Disprove H-W: No Mutations
Definition
mutagens increase rate of mutations, beneficial mutations get passed on and become common
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Disprove H-W: Nobody Moves
Definition
immigration and emigration is inevitable - common within species (some species can't have too many males in one population, must move)
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Disprove H-W: Large Population
Define genetic drift, population bottleneck, and founder effect
Definition
genetic drift - affects small populations more, changes in allele frequencies due to events or changes could cause alleles to go away in small populations
bottleneck - drastic population reduction over few generations, can cause inbreeding which increases frequency of harmful and lethal homozygous alleles, which can lead to a reduction in fertility and survival
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Disprove H-W: Random Mating
Define assortative mating
Definition
mating with someone who has similar traits, which doesn't affect genotypes but does affect phenotypes
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Disprove H-W: Natural Selection
Definition
most significant factor in evolution, changes frequencies in gene pools
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Stabilizing Selection
Definition
an average is chosen, ex. and average amount of eggs are born in a chicken so it is ok if one dies, but the chicken is able to provide for them that are born
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Directional Selection
Definition
one extreme to another (peppered moth, black-->white)
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Disruptive Selection
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ex. black and white rabbits - black in forest, white in fields, no gray, became two different species
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Sexual Selection
Definition
how to choose best mating partner (ex. peacocks like big colorful plume --> trait gets passed on)
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Beneficial Mutations (3, from video)
Definition
Sickle cell anemia - prevents malaria (can live with sickle cell anemia but not with malaria)
lactose tolerance - came from domesticating cows, we mutated to be able to digest lactose because it made us stronger, which led to more reproduction
Pigmentation - due to various sun exposure, lighter skin in less sunny place, darker skin in sunny places (reflects UV light)
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4 Determining Factors of Evolution
Definition
genetics
occurs on a large scale
geographically related
statistically significant
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Types of Evidence (7)
Definition
fossils
ecology
homologous structures
analogous structures
vestigial structures
embryology
macromolecules
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Fossils
Definition
physical evidence, can determine age due to where it was located in Earth's crust, includes shells/bones/tissue impressions, insects preserved in tree sap, tell different stories
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Ecology (use frog as an example)
Definition
frogs are related but adapt to different environments, natural selection acts on inherited variation to change species
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Homologous Structures
Definition
originated in same ancestor, similar features (human fore arm, bat wing, elephant leg)
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Analogous Structure
Definition
serve same purpose and look same, but have different embryological development and different internal anatomy; not from same ancestor
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Vestigial Structures
Definition
no use now, may have been useful in ancestors (whale has pelvic bone, we have appendix) may have common ancestor with an animal who has and uses that structure today
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Embryology
Definition
similarities of embryos, similar embryonic stages begin to differ shows when animals began to diverge
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Macromolecules
Definition
DNA and RNA similarities, different amino acid sequences, gorillas and humans have only one different amino acid in hemoglobin → possibly share a common ancestor a long time ago
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