EONS AND ERAS
what is the Hadean eon?
This is the species that the father of genetics gregor mendel worked with
What is a pea plant
Crossing over occurs during this process which produces 4 gamete cells.
What is meiosis?
Traits can be affected by more than one gene, however, the phenotypes are not continuous
What is Epistasis?
This is the current era
What is the cenozoic
Armadillo like animal whose fossil was found by Charles Darwin
What is a glyptodon
This type of nondisjunction in chromosome 21 causes Down syndrome
What is trisomy
Population either goes through a bottle neck event or small set of individuals are transported to a new location with no other individuals of that species
genetic drift
Animals of the same species look vastly different and have evolved that way
what is sexual dimorphism
This era ends with the KT extinction, famously known for causing all dinosaurs to go extinct
The first rodent like mammal
what is Morganucodon Watsoni
This chain of nucleic acids has catalytic properties
What is RNA
Nucleotides in the DNA are changed leading to new traits.
what is mutation
This scientist explained how population grows exponentially while food supply grows linearly.
Who is Thomas Malthus?
This is the era in which the first mammals evolved
What is the mesozoic?
The early stages of sympatric speciation are being observed in this organism which can be observed on red clover and alfalfa plants
this is the process in which DNA is converted to RNA and the proteins
What is the central dogma
Natural selection
Big freaking sloth
What is megatherium
What is the paleozoic
This organism was likely the first horse
What is hyracotherium
these proteins hold sister chromatids together
The average of a trait for a species moves up after an event, this type of selection often shifts the average.
directional selection
Females of a species select a less fit male since in the past the trait they perceived to be attractive did not reduce their fitness.
What is Runaway selection