Evolution #1
A gradual change in a species over time
What is Evolution
Same structure, different function
What is Homologous (Structure)?
Preserved remains of ancient organisms
What are Fossils
Had different-shaped beaks depending on the island they were from.
What are Finches?
The study of fossils
What is Paleontology/Archeology?
Type of evolution that leads to homologous structures
What is divergent evolution
A type of evolution that occurs as a result of human intervention.
When an entire species disappears from the Earth or can no longer reproduce.
What is Extinction?
Another term for natural selection.
What is "survival of the fittest?"
A trait that has a overrides another when combined heterozygously.
What is dominant?
A random change in inherited genetics due faulty DNA replication.
What is mutation?
An organism that is introduced to an ecosystem not native to its own.
What is an invasive species?
Microevolution + time = ?
What is Macroevolution?
A consecutive sequence of three consecutive nitrogenous bases.
What is a codon?
The entirety of an organism's genetic code (all of the DNA)
What is a genome?
A Donkey and a horse can produce a sterile mule offspring because they belong to the same taxonomic category.
What is a genus?
A rapid occurrence of natural selection due to some event.
What is Punctuated Equilibrium?
When one species evolves into many
What is Speciation?
A scientist responsible for the first x-ray chromatogram of DNA's structure.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Traits are determined by the translation of these distinct macromolecules.
What is a protein/polypeptide?
Type of evolution that leads to unrelated species developing similar traits
What is Convergent Evolution?
The name of the sugar that makes up RNA.
What is ribose?
The proportion of homozygous recessives in a population, can be determined by using?
What is the Hardy - Weinberg equation?
A term for the monomer that makes up a protein.
What is a peptide/ amino acid?