This scientist is widely recognized as the father of the theory of evolution.
Charles Darwin
100
This man is considered to be the father of taxonomy.
Linnaeus
100
This type of cell lacks a membrane-bound nucleus and organelles.
Prokaryote
100
This genetic disorder impairs blood clotting and can lead to excessive bleeding and bruising.
Hemophilia
100
This enzyme is responsible for synthesizing a new strand of DNA during replication.
DNA polymerase
200
This microevolutionary force is characterized by random fluctuations in allele frequencies.
Genetic drift
200
This composite organism is typically composed of an ascomycete and an algae and/or cyanobacterium.
Lichens
200
This organelle serves as the packaging center for cells.
Golgi Apparatus
200
This viral disease was once known as hydrophobia due to symptoms that arise after infection.
Rabies
200
This nucleotide base pairs with adenine in a molecule of RNA.
Uracil
300
These are the basic equations used in determining Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
p+q=1 and p^2+2pq+q^2=1
300
This is the common name for organisms in Order Testudines.
Turtles/tortoises
300
Chromosomes align in the equator of the cell during this phase of mitosis.
Metaphase
300
This natural process is the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing ones and can take tumors from being benign to malignant.
Angiogenesis
300
This is the name of the sub-field of genetics that studies changes in the organism that are NOT due to changes in genetic code.
Epigenetics
400
This hypothesis attempts to explain the fitness benefit of menopause in humans and killer whales.
Grandmother hypothesis
400
This is the approximate number of flowering plant species in existence on Earth today.
Nearly 300,000, and rising!
400
This term refers to programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms.
Apoptosis
400
This is another name for white blood cells and is derived from the Greek roots for "white" and "cell."
Leukocyte
400
This/these organelle(s) all contain DNA.
Nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts
500
This model for sexual selection hypothesizes that females are selecting for more and more extravagant characteristics in males, without regard to whether those characteristics reflect anything at all.
Fisher's Runaway Selection Model
500
This country has the highest diversity of primates in the world, in terms of number of species.
Brazil
500
This Dutch scientist observed microorganisms over 300 years ago and called them his "wee beasties."
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
500
This mammal species is known for its unique case of transmissible cancer which occurs on its face.
Tasmanian Devil
500
A mother and father have three daughters and two sons. One of their sons is colorblind. None of their other children are colorblind. What is the genotype of the mother?