Evolution and Genetics Flashcards

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Fitness in an environment

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Fitness refers to an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment.

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Cellular component coding traits

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Traits and characteristics of organisms are coded for by DNA.

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Study of fetal development

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In genetics, the study of fetal development among organisms to identify similarities and differences in development patterns is called embryology.

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Closest relation to humans

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The organism that shows the closest relation to humans according to the amino acid sequence of Hemoglobin is the gorilla.

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Least relation to humans

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The organism that shows the least relation to humans according to the amino acid sequence of Hemoglobin is the lamprey.

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True or False: Gradualism is represented by a slow and steady change in species.

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True

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True or False: Gradualism involves slow and continuous evolutionary changes.

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True

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Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome is more prevalent in the Amish population of eastern Pennsylvania due to ancestry tracing back to a small founding group.

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Founder effect

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The mechanism of evolution where allele frequencies change over generations due to random chance.

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Genetic drift

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Best determinant for two plant species sharing a recent common ancestor.

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DNA sequences