Evolutionary process by which beneficial alleles increase in frequency over time in a population due to increased survival and reproductive success of individuals carrying those alleles.
What is Natural Selection
100
"_________ observations may not always have adaptive explanations—existence of form does not prove purpose.”
What is Functional
100
Blueprint, the literal make up of an organism. Its form and function
What is Buaplane
100
an independently evolving lineage (or
the smallest unit of independent evolving
lineage)
What is a Species
200
A trait that increases an organism’s fitness and that is the result of the process of natural selection for its present function
What is adaptation
200
This advancement allowed for many more studies involving genetics and adaptation
What is cheap DNA sequence data
200
the use of evolution, disregarding many mechanisms, as a way to describe traits and adaptation.
What is adaptationist programme (genrerally)?
200
a lineage that
maintains a unique identity over time
What is evolutionary species concept
300
A situation in which constraints prevent simultaneously optimizing two different characters or two different aspects of a character
What is a trade off
300
This trait is one of the strongest cases for adaptation in modern humans.
What is lactose intolerance?
300
this person wrote the origin of species
who is Darwin
300
an approach to determining
species boundaries in which species are identified as
clusters of phenotypically similar individuals or populations
what is the Phenetic species concept
400
An approach where the phylogeny that requires the fewest number of character changes or the fewest number of mutations is the best phylogeny
What is parsimony
400
This kind of evolution has been observed in labs in very controlled conditions, giving us solid conclusions on the adaptive nature of the traits involved.
What is Viral Evolution
400
Physical characteristics expressed by genes
What is phenotype?
400
a lineage that maintains a unique identity over time
What is the Evolutionary species concept
500
A statistical technique involving the resampling of data to assess the confidence in a phylogeny
What is Bootstrapping Analyses
500
This is why conclusions about intelligence differing among ethnic groups should not be drawn from Microcephalin and ASPM data.
-There is not evidence of selection for intelligence
-These genes might have not been the primary genes involved in the evolution of brain size
500
What is the name of the group of ancient people mentioned earlier, that involved ritual human sacrifice
who are the Aztecs
500
species are defined as the smallest monophyletic group