The Basics
What makes up the genetic instructions for our cells?
DNA
What mutation results in protein staying the exact same?
Neutral Mutation
What selection is more likely to reproduce with those with reproductive success and relatedness?
Kin selection
Who influenced Darwin with the idea that species change over time?
Lamarck
Theory that males with attractive traits will pass them down to their sons to ensure reproductive success.
Sexy Sons hypothesis
What are DNA's encoded messages that makeup proteins?
mRNA
What mutation results in changes in the protein?
Nonsense mutation
What selection is chosen by humans based on desirable traits?
Artificial selection
Who influenced Darwin with the idea that the earth is much older than believed.
Lyell
Theory that good traits are an indication of good physical and genetic health, naturally increasing reproductive success
Good genes theory
What is mRNA translated into? *It serves multiple functions and purposes
Protein
What mutation results in no protein being made at all?
What natural selection type favors the middle?
Stabilizing selection
Who influenced Darwin with the idea that some individuals can obtain resources better than others?
Malthus
a theoretical model of a type of allele for altruistic behavior that could spread through a population via the recognition of similar traits (they arent related but act familiar)
Greenbeard effect
What are the genes/proteins that directly influence phenotypes?
Genotypes
What selection favors those better adapted to their environment?
Natural Selection
What natural selection type favors one extreme?
Directional selection
Who influenced Darwin with the idea of selective breeding in general and how variation is produced in nature?
British pigeon breeders
migration of individuals from one population to another subsequent mating
gene flow
Phenotypes
What selection favors those who are more attractive?
Sexual selection
What natural selection type favors both extremes?
Disruptional selection
What did darwin write based on all these influences? (Lyell, Lamarck, Malthus, British Pigeon Breeders)
The origin of Species
random events that will affect allele frequencies within a population, regardless of fitness (ex: natural disasters)
Genetic Drift