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What is evolution?
A change in species over time.
How many named animals;organisms?
1 million named Animals
1.5 million named Organisms
What is meant by Teleological?
Goal oriented; selecting for certain charecteristics
What are the two mechanisms of change?
Aritificial Selection
Natural Selection
Which is Teleological? Artificial or Natural Selection?
Artificial Selection
In Natural Selection the ____ is the selectiong agent for specific ______.
Environment
Charecteristics
A _____ is something that has been tested so many times, few scientists will test is valadity.
Theory
True or False:
Evolution and Natural Selection are the same things.
True
False
FALSE
_____ do not evolve, only populations.
Individuals
A _____ ______ is an actual change in the charecterisitic of genes
Genetic Change
A genetic change is a change in _____ frequency.
Allele
A(n) ____ is different types of the same gene.
Allele
What are the 3 mechanisms that change Allele frequency?
Mutation
Migration
Genetic Drift
______ is the change in a structure of genes.
Mutation
Mutations can be harmful, neutral, or beneficial. Which one is the most frequent?
Harmful
True or False:
Mutation is always random.
True
False
True
_____ is the gene flow of a population.
Migration
What is the difference between a change in Allele frequency and a new allele arising?
Change in allele only changes the individual where source of a new allele gies species variation.
________ are random chnages in allele frequency due to chance processes.
Genetic Drift
_____ and ______ mishaps are not related to gene type.
Death and Reproductive Mishaps
What are the two special cases of genetic drift?
Population Bottlenecks
Founder Effect
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2010-02-13T18:11:06Z
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