9602060502 | Evolution | A change in allele frequencies in a population over many generations. | 0 | |
9602060503 | Allele | the different versions of a gene | 1 | |
9602060504 | Hardy-Weinberg Equation | p² + 2pq + q² =1 | ![]() | 2 |
9602060505 | Gene flow | Movement of alleles into or out of a population due to the migration of individuals to or from the population. It INCREASES diversity. | 3 | |
9602060506 | Mutations | Random errors in gene replication that lead to a change in the sequence of nucleotides. The source of all genetic diversity. | 4 | |
9602060507 | Nonrandom mating | Individuals choose their mates for a specific reason. | 5 | |
9602060508 | Natural Selection | A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits. | 6 | |
9602060509 | Genetic Drift | A change in the gene pool of a population due to chance. It LIMITS diversity. | 7 | |
9602060510 | Bottleneck Effect | When a population has been dramatically reduced, and the gene pool is no longer reflective of the original population's. It LIMITS diversity. | 8 | |
9602060511 | The Founder Effect | When a small population breaks away from a larger one to colonize a new area, it is most likely not genetically representative of the original larger population. | 9 | |
9602060512 | Gene Pool | All of the alleles in all the individuals that make up a population | 10 | |
9602060513 | Heterozygous | An organism that has two different alleles for a trait | 11 | |
9602060514 | Homozygous | Having two identical alleles for a particular gene | 12 | |
9602060515 | Linnaeus | Invented binomial nomenclature | 13 | |
9602060516 | Lamarck | inheritance of acquired characteristics | 14 | |
9602060517 | Darwin | English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection | 15 | |
9602060518 | Stabilizing Selection | Natural selection in which intermediate phenotypes survive or reproduce more successfully than do extreme phenotypes. | 16 | |
9602060519 | Disruptive Selection | Increases the extreme types in a population at the expense of intermediate forms. Over great lengths of time, disruptive selection may result in the formation of two new species. | 17 | |
9602060520 | Directional Selection | Natural selection in which individuals at one end of the phenotypic range survive or reproduce more successfully than do other individuals. | 18 | |
9602060521 | Artificial Selection | Humans breed plants and animals by seeking individual with desired traits as breeding stock. | 19 | |
9602060522 | Fitness | How well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment | 20 | |
9602060523 | Adaptive evolution | An evolutionary process that is directed by natural selection, which makes a population better adapted to live in an environment. | 21 | |
9602060524 | Allopatric Speciation | the evolution of new species through the process of geographic isolation into two separate environments | 22 | |
9602060525 | Sympatric Speciation | occurs when a species evolves into a new species in an area without a geographic barrier | 23 | |
9602060526 | Continental Drift | Wegener's idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface, leading to allopatric speciation | 24 | |
9602060527 | Diploid | having two sets of chromosomes | 25 | |
9602060528 | Haploid | Cell that has half the number of chromosomes as body cells | 26 | |
9602060529 | Heterozygote advantage | greater reproductive success of heterozygous individuals compared with homozygotes; tends to preserve variation in a gene pool | 27 | |
9602060530 | Homologous Structures | Structures that come from the same ancestor...have a common origin and reflect a common ancestry. | 28 | |
9602060531 | Analogous Structures | Similar in function but not structure, like the wing of a bat and the wing of a butterfly. | 29 | |
9602060532 | Convergent Evolution | The process by which unrelated species become more similar as they adapt to the same kind of environment | 30 | |
9602060533 | Prezygotic barriers | Prevent mating between different species by blocking the zygote from forming | 31 | |
9602060534 | Postzygotic barriers | Prevent the hybrid zygote from developing into a viable, fertile adult | 32 |
AP Biology: Evolution Flashcards
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