History
Who is the Father of Evolution?
Charles Darwin
What is the process in which humans consciously select for/against specific traits?
Selective Breeding/Artificial Selection
What is an analogous structure?
Different structure, same function
What did Hardy and Weinberg do?
Created an equation that shows and measures evolution
When did Darwin publish his book?
1859
What is little genetic mixing between organisms of the same species?
What is the evolution of two species diverging from a common ancestor and developing different characteristics that are better suited to their environment?
Divergence
What is the equation for evolution?
p2+2pq+q2=1
What is the processes by which current geological features were created were slow, steady, and constant?
Uniformitarianism
What is a change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment?
Adaptation
What is an example of a vestigial structure?
Structure that no longer has a function
What did Urey and Miller do?
Experiment that simulated the conditions of early Earth's atmosphere that created organic molecules
Who proposed the theory of use and disuse? (physical changes in organisms acquired during their lifetime could be passed down to their offspring)
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Behavioral Isolation
Evidence
What is Primordial soup made of?
Methane, Ammonia, Water, Hydrogen
How did Charles Darwin build on Lamarck's theory?
Be specific
What is the term for when bacteria develop the ability to resist the drugs designed to kill them?
Antibiotic Resistance
What are the 4 evidences of evolution?
Fossils, Comparative Anatomy, Comparative Embryology, DNA Analysis
What are the 4 assumptions for evolution to NOT occur?
Large population, No immigration or emigration, No mutations, No selection