Changes in traits in a population over generations
What is Evolution
100
What is Microevolution? Macroevolution?
Micro- evolution on a small scale, bacteria
Macro- entirely new organisms are formed (occurs over many lifetimes)
100
The effect when you have a misrepresentation of the population separate from the group
What is the Founder Effect
200
Types of Embryonic Stem Cells, and their functions
What is Totipotent (can specialize to become any type of cell in an organism) and Pluripotent (can specialize to become any type of cell within a certain tissue)
200
He said the Earth is MUCH older than previously thought
Who is Charles Lyell
200
What are Darwin's 5 postulates?
Life evolves
Gradualism
Multiplication
Common Descent
Natural Selection
200
Evolution which occurs slowly over a long period of time
Phyletic Gradualism
300
3 types of Multipotent cells
What is Hematopoietic (blood), Epidermal (skin), Epithelial (gut lining)
300
He sailed for 5 years on the Beagle and developed the "natural selection" evolutionary theory
Who is Charles Darwin
300
Name 2 examples of the effect of selective pressures that shaped evolution
What is Gallapagos Islands (finch/seeds) and Industrial England (moth/coloring to escape Birds)
300
Evolution which occurs due to an incident which speeds up the process
What is Punctuated Equilibrium
300
What is a tumor? how does it hurt you?
What is ......
400
Why study stem cells?
Replace damaged tissue (spinal cord injuries) (story)
Research to find treatments (Alzheimer’s, Diabetes, Parkinson’s, etc.)
400
He was Charles Darwin's associate who helped promote the theory of Natural Selection
Who is Alfred Wallace
400
Name of the antibiotic that killed bacteria in the test tube
What is Rifampacin (what did this example illustrate?)
400
5 types of Natural Selection
Sexual selection
Artificial selection
Directional selection
Stabilizing selection
Disruptive Selection
400
4 Characteristics of Moles that should be checked
What is Symmetry, Shade, Size, Border
500
3 ways to get or make Stem Cells?
- Blastocyst 4-6 days
- Fertility Clinics
- Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (describe the process)
500
He stated that unchecked population growth leads to competition for food, shelter, etc.
Who is Thomas Malthus
500
3 options and their outcomes in the Malaria v. Sickle Cell Anemia Example
2 good alleles- get malaria and die
1 good/1 bad- have sickle cell anemia but don't die from malaria
2 bad- die from sickle cell anemia
500
When alleles are lost in a population for random reasons