Darwin
What are the islands that Darwin vistited called?
The Galapagos Islands
What do you call the study of fossils?
paleontology
What is speciation?
When new species evolve
What is natural selection?
The process where organisms with better traits tend to survive and reproduce in their enviornment
What is a gene pool?
The collection of all the genes within a population of a species
What animal did Darwin study?
Galapagos finches
what is the study of the distribution of organisms around the world?
Biogeography
What is Allopatric Speciation?
Geographic seperation which doesn't allow species to interbreed
What is stabilizing selection?
Natural selection that that favors intermediate variants by acting against extreme phenotypes
What is allele frequency?
The number of times that an allele occurs in a gene pool compared to the number of alleles in the pool for the same gene
What is the name of the ship that Darwin traveled on?
HMS Beagle
What is it called when you compare body structures and how they vary from other species?
Comparative anatomy
What is gradualism?
When geologic and climate conditions are stable
What is disruptive selection?
A form of natural selection in which a single curve splits into two
What is gene flow?
The movement of alleles into or out of a population due to the migration of individuals to or from the population
What do you call the ability of an organism to survive in an enviorment
fitness
What is the study of similarities and differences in embryos of different species?
Comparative embryology
What is coevolution?
The idea that species in symbiotic relationships tend to evolve together
What is directional selection?
This occurs when natural selection favors one of the variations of a trait
What is the Hardy-Weinburg Theorem?
This helps measure changes in allele frequencies over time
What do you call it when humans can breed plants and animals to have useful traits?
Artificial selection
What is the study of evolution called?
Biology!!!
What is punctuated equilibrum?
Conditions that are changing evolution and happens more quickly
What is artificial selection?
The selective breeding of organisms by humans for specific characteristics
What are population genetics?
The study of allele frequency distribution and change under the influence of evolutionary processes