The physical appearance/expression of a gene
Phenotype
True or False: Individual with certain heritable characteristics survive and reproduce at lower rates than other individuals
False
What animal was Darwin most fascinated by?
Finches
The scientific study of the geographic distribution of species, provides evidence of evolution.
Biogeography
Where is your favorite SI leader from (HINT: I am your favorite SI leader!)
Houston, Texas
Any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics (phenotypes) of biological populations.
Evolution
The selective breeding of individuals with certain desired traits is called what?
Artificial Selection
Darwin hypothesized that species from South America had colonized the _________________ and speciated on the islands.
Galápagos Islands
The previous name of Earth's continents as one large continent
Pangea
Scientific Hypothesis must be ___________ and _____________
Testable, Falsifiable
Process by which individuals with favorable inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than those with less favorable phenotypes.
Natural Selection
What was Darwin's first observation?
Members of a population often vary in their inherited traits.
What two fields did Darwin Study at Cambridge University?
Medicine and Theology
Species that are not found anywhere else in the world.
Endemic Species
What famous researcher/scientist married his first cousin, AND had 10 kids with her?
Charles Darwin
Anatomical resemblances that represent variations on a structural theme present in a common ancestor.
Homologous Structures
What are the four types of data that document the pattern of evolution?
Direct observations, Homology, The fossil record, and biogeography
What was the title of Darwin's 1859 publication that started a "new era of biology"?
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
These kinds of traits arise when groups independently adapt to similar environments in similar ways
Analogous Traits
What must happen for a hypothesis to be considered a theory by a community of scientists?
It must be supported by many experiments and/or observations
Remnants of features that served important functions in an organism’s ancestors.
Vestigial Structures
What strain of bacteria, when exposed to methicillin, is more likely to survive and reproduce than its related non-resistant strains?
MRSA
What three observations did Darwin explain in The Origin of Species
The unity of life, The diversity of life, and the match between organisms and their environment
Provides evidence of the extinction of species, the origin of new groups, and changes within groups over time.
The Fossil Record
What is the name for organisms whose embryos develop in the uterus?
Eutherian