7408270888 | 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. | 0 | |
7408270889 | Evolution | Change in allele frequency in a population over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms. | 1 | |
7408270890 | Speciation | A process typically caused by the genetic isolation from a main population resulting in a new groups that cannot mate to produce fertile offspring. | 2 | |
7408270891 | Charles Darwin | English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) | 3 | |
7408270893 | Sexual Selection | An evolutionary mechanism by which traits that increase the ability of individuals to attract or acquire mates appear with increasing frequency in a population; selection in which a mate is chosen on the basis of a particular trait or traits | 4 | |
7408270894 | Artificial Selection | Selection by humans for breeding of useful traits from the natural variation among different organisms | 5 | |
7408270895 | Mutation | A change in the nucleotide-base sequence of a gene or DNA molecule | 6 | |
7408270905 | Survival of the Fittest | Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called natural selection | 7 | |
7408270906 | Adaptation | A characteristic that is necessary for an organism to survive in its environment. | 8 | |
7408270908 | Genetic Drift | A change in the allele frequency of a population as a result of chance events rather than natural selection. | 9 | |
7408270909 | Geographic (Allopatric) Speciation | The formation of a new species as a result of an ancestral population's becoming isolated by a geographic barrier. | 10 | |
7408270911 | Reproductive Isolating Mechanism | Any barrier that prevents genetic exchange between species | 11 | |
7408312988 | Bottleneck | A type of genetic drift that is caused when part of a population is eliminated due to a chance event. | 12 | |
7408318433 | Founder Effect | A change in allele frequency that results when a few organisms move to a new location. | 13 | |
7408322080 | Chi Square Value | Results from a calculation that measures the differences between observed and expected values. | 14 | |
7408327348 | Inverse | The relationship between a Chi-Square Value and a P-Value | 15 | |
7408329895 | Critical Value | If a chi square value is higher than this value than the null hypothesis will not be accepted. | 16 | |
7408337803 | The 5 tenants of Hardy-Weinberg | No mutation, no natural selection, no sexual selection, no migration, no genetic drift (large population size) | 17 | |
7408365064 | Disruptive Selection | When both extreme phenotypes in a population are favored over the mode phenotype. | 18 | |
7408367733 | Directional selection | When one extreme phenotype is favored over the mode or the other extreme. | 19 | |
7408371467 | Stabilizing Selection | When the mode phenotype is favored over the extreme phenotypes. | 20 | |
7408374982 | Cladogram | Shows the relative evolutionary relationship between organisms. | 21 | |
7408379492 | Pre-Zygotic barriers | Reproductive barriers that occur prior to formation of a zygote. | 22 | |
7408383112 | Post-Zygotic Barriers | Reproductive barriers that occur after a zygote is formed. | 23 | |
7408386293 | Selective Pressure | Environmental factors that cause a particular trait to be favorable. | 24 | |
7408394844 | Gene Flow | When allele frequencies change due to migration from one population to another. | 25 | |
7408399040 | Ancestral Characteristic | Characteristics shared by all organisms in a cladogram or phylogenetic tree. | 26 | |
7408406153 | Null Hypothesis | A statistical statement that states that the observed is equal to the expected | 27 | |
7408409269 | Taxis | Orientation behavior of an organism toward or away from an environmental stimulus. | 28 | |
7408413761 | Kinesis | An orientation behavior of an organism to an environmental stimulus that increases movement, but in a random direction. | 29 | |
7408417723 | Phenotype | The trait that an organism displays | 30 | |
7408418677 | Genotype | The alleles an organism has for a trait | 31 | |
7408421511 | Temporal Isolation | Resulting from organisms being ready to mate at different times. Prezygotic | 32 | |
7408427530 | Behavioral Isolation | Resulting from organisms having different mating rituals. Prezygotic | 33 | |
7408429179 | Mechanical isolation | Resulting when two organisms cannot physically mate. prezygotic | 34 | |
7408434676 | Geographic Isolation | Resulting when organisms do not encounter each other. Prezygotic | 35 | |
7408445141 | Heritable | Type of variation that has to exist in order for evolution to occur | 36 | |
7408448350 | mutation | Ultimate cause of variation in a population | 37 | |
10720126755 | p | frequency of dominant allele (or one of the alleles if none are dominant) | 38 | |
10720131030 | q | frequency of recessive allele (or one of the alleles if none are dominant) | 39 | |
10720135748 | p2 | frequency of the individuals with 2 dominant or the same allele. | 40 | |
10720140966 | q2 | frequency of the individuals with 2 recessive or the same allele | 41 | |
10720144735 | 2pq | frequency of heterozygous genotype, or those with one of each allele | 42 | |
10720164518 | Hybrid infertility | When individuals of different species can make babies, but babies can't reproduce. Post-zygotic. | 43 | |
10720176990 | Hybrid inviability | When individuals of different species can make babies, but babies do not survive. Post-zygotic. | 44 | |
10720186073 | Hybrid Breakdown. | When individuals of different species can make babies, but the babies' babies can't reproduce. Post-zygotic. | 45 |
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