Definitions
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Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms
Evolution
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Certain traits that increase mating success.
Sexual Selection
Who suggested that population growth was naturally limited by the availability of resources (food, water, shelter)?
Thomas Malthus
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Isolation caused by Behaviors, Displays, Actions.
Behavioral Isolation
What were Darwin's evolution ideas published in?
Origins of Species 1859
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A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
Species
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Mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than do other individuals
Natural Selection
Who:
- Conducted research during a 5 year voyage on board the H.M.S. Beagle
- Noticed a variation of traits among various species.
- Suggested that if there was a struggle for limited resources, the varieties of organisms with the best traits for situation would survive.
Charles Darwin
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Isolation caused by Location or Distance
Geographical Isolation
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Organisms do not change in order to survive… the environment determines which organisms survive
Survival of the Fittest
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Trace of an organism from the past
Fossil
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Theory that states that the geologic processes that shape Earth are uniform through time
Uniformitarianism
Who developed a classification system for all known species?
Carolus Linnaeus
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TIMING (of day, season, year) prevents reproduction between individuals
Temporal Isolation
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Among members of different species
interspecific
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Differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs
Variation
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Principle that states that the changes in landforms result from slow changes over a long period of time
Gradualism
Who proposed species shared common ancestors and did not rise separately? He also suggested Earth was much older than commonly believed.
Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
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Closely related species evolve in different directions.
ex. The red fox and the kit fox. The two species have different appearances and live in different areas but come from the same ancestor.
Divergent Evolution
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Among individuals of same species
intraspecific
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Process by which humans modify a species by breeding it for certain traits
Artificial Selection
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Theory that states that natural disasters such as floods and volcanic eruptions shaped Earth's landforms and caused extinction of some species
Catastrophism
Who suggested that all organisms evolved towards perfection and complexity. Species did not become extinct but evolve into different forms. Environment causes organism’s behavior to change leading to greater use or disuse of a structure or organ
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species.
ex. Analogous structures like wings of birds and insects are common examples of this.
Convergent Evolution
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Species evolve in response to changes in each other. Can occur in competitive relationships, or when two species have a mutual relationship.
Ex. Humming bird and flower
Coevolution