The History in Our Genes
Major drawback of using old DNA for making phylogenetic trees
It degrades over time
Genes that regulate the expression of other genes
Hox genes
The study and classification of relatedness among organisms.
Taxonomy
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The major group of fish to give rise to tetrapods
Lobefins / Sarcopterygii
What two processes, in sequence, lead to adaptations?
Mutation, then selection
Reproductive isolation that occurs before fertilization
Prezygotic isolation
The number of in-class activity grades dropped from this course.
2
This DNA is only passed on from the mother
Mitochondrial
The process beginning with gene duplication and ending with a fully functional gene that performs a different task than the original
Gene recruitment
Speciation that takes place when two species co-occur in space and time
Sympatric speciation
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Packback
Pair of scientists who conducted an intensely rigorous study on Darwin's finches
Peter and Rosemary grant
Lenski's bacteria evolved to eat this unpalatable compound
Citrate
This concept describes a group of organisms evolving independently of other populations
Phylogenetic species concept
The only day of the week Devin has Zoom-only office hours.
Tuesday
Based on a molecular clock developed by the Grants, how long have Darwin’s finches been on the Galápagos Islands?
2-3 million years
If BMP is expressed in an organism's dorsal side, what system might replace its spinal cord?
Digestive system / gut
A group of organisms that has evolved in a circular band whose terminal members cannot mate with each other due to the evolutionary divergence that occurred throughout the band.
Ring species
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