Earth's History (part2)
This theory states that some organelles in today's eukaryotic cells were once prokaryotic organisms.
What is the endosymbiosis theory?
Father of the Theory of Evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin (Alfred Russel Wallace)?
The evolutionary process in which desirable traits are selected.
What is artificial selection?
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This theory explains how Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large plates that have been slowly moving since about 3.4 billion years ago.
What is the plate tectonics theory?
He is at the origin of the concept that the environment causes modifications of an individual, explaining the changes in species.
Whos is Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?
The process that leads to certain advantageous traits becoming more common over time while disadvantageous traits become less common.
What is natural selection?
This supercontinent incorporated almost all of Earth's landmasses in early geologic time.
What is Pangea?
Source of new variations to create genetic diversity at the basis of natural selection.
What are mutations?
The direct effects that drive evolution, such as climate change and urban development.
What is environmental pressure?
A group within a species separates from other members of its species and develops its unique characteristics.
What is speciation?
Independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods in time.
What is convergent evolution?
Science that compares the genetic codes across species can highlight their shared evolutionary heritage.
What is Bioinformatics?
Organism of the origin of photosynthetic activity in plants.
What is a cyanobacteria?
Study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species.
What is comparative Anatomy?
Instead of favoring individuals with extreme phenotypes, it favors the intermediate variants.
What is stabilizing selection?