Genetic Engineering
History of Life on Earth
Mechanisms of Evolution
Speciation
Evolutionary Thoughts
100

What do you call the circular DNA that can be found in bacteria in which gene of interest was inserted?

plasmid

100

At which period did the humans first appear?

Quaternary

100

It refers to the process where individual organisms that have favorable traits experience greater fitness and reproductive success than those that do not have the trait.

natural selection

100

Example scenario of this prezygotic isolation barriers is that some frogs have their mating season during summer, while others copulate during winter.

Temporal

100

He believed in evolution by natural selection, wherein organisms that are well adapted to their environment are more likely to survive.

Charles Darwin

200

Protein used in genetic engineering that have the property of cleaving DNA molecule at or near specific base sequences. 

restriction enzymes

200

The era around 4500 - 4000 MYA in which the temperature on Earth was too high to the point that no life forms exist.

Hadean Era

200

This is the primary principle behind selective breeding used for producing new varieties of plants and animals.

artificial selection

200

This form of prezygotic isolation barrier is mainly dependent on the differences in the morphological features of the individuals for copulation or pollination.

Mechanical

200

Theory of Jean Baptiste-Lamarck states that those organs/parts which are used frequently become strong and more developed while those organs/parts which are not used become weak and degenerate.

Theory of Use and Disuse

300

Product of genetic engineering created by UPLB to reduce food waste.

BT Eggplant/BT Talong

300

At what period did dinosaurs first appear?

Triassic

300

Example of genetic drift wherein there's a change in allele frequencies as a result of migration of a small subgroup of a population.

Founder Effect

300

Mode of speciation through total geographic isolation of the two incipient populations, preventing them from mating.

Allopatric Speciation

300

Naturalist in Middle ages viewed that evolution happen with a purpose. This view contradict to modern evolutionary concept that explains evolution is a random mechanism brought by phenomena such as natural selection and genetic drift.

St Thomas Aquinas

400

The purpose of creating this GMO is to address the vitamin A deficiency in poor nations.

Golden Rice

400

At what era of Precambrian Eon the Earth cools down that gives rise to primitive microorganism?

Archean/Archaean Era

400

Genetic drift where there is an abrupt reduction in the size of a population caused by random environmental events.

Bottleneck Effect

400

With this postzygotic isolation barrier, it is possible that incipient individuals can produce an offspring, however, this offspring may lack the capacity to achieve sexual maturity and be able to reproduce.

Hybrid Inviability

400

The naturalist who wrote the book, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. He claimed that fossils show the progressive changes that happen to organisms.

Robert Chambers

500

Who created the first transgenic animal (mouse)?

Rudolf Jaenisch

500

What period of Paleozoic era is also known as the “Age of Fishes”?

Devonian

500

The transfer of genetic material from one population to another.

Gene Flow

500

In this mode of speciation, the incipient individuals still have the opportunity to mate, however, they tend to develop and occupy different niches in their habitats which leads to a reduction of the gene flow with individuals that occupy the other niche.

Sympatric Speciation

500

Who was the early naturalist that organized living and non-living thigs into hierarchy? Minerals at the bottom and human in the top of the ladder.

Aristotle

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