Evolution (work in progress)

Define anisogamy.

Having gametes of different sizes (i.e. large egg, small sperm).
What is the term used to define a species that has different sized gametes?

Anisogamy
Define isogamy.

Gametes of the same size.
What is the term used to describe a species that has gametes of the same size?

Isogamy
What is meant by the "ancestral state"?

A state characteristic of an ancestor shared with related groups.
What is meant by the "derived state"?

A state that evolved after the ancestral state of this lineage.

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Only have questions from Lecture 5, none for the others yet.

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