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APS121 Evolution

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Lecture 1: Introduction to Evolution, Biodiversity and Deep Time
Neo darwinian theory can be summa...,
Biodiversity is,
Taxonomy is
17  cards
Lecture 2: Classifying life and reconstructing phylogenies
Taxonomical hierarchy,
How do you write the genus and sp...,
Phylogeny
28  cards
Lecture 3: Origin and Early Evolution of Life
Earth 4 600 ma,
Ma,
Earth 3 750 ma
28  cards
Lecture 4: Origin of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Rocks of suitable age contain thr...,
Fossil stromatolites,
Cherts
16  cards
Lecture 5: Origin of sex and Multicellular organisms
Snowball or slush ball earth,
Glaciations extending into equato...,
What are boulder clays
22  cards
Lecture 6: The Cambrian explosion of animal life
Metazoan,
Metazoans share a number of chara...,
Recent advances in several fields...
27  cards
Lecture 7: The evidence for evolution
Diversity,
Adaption,
The purpose of science is
13  cards
Lecture 8: Mechanisms of evolution
Evolution,
Gene frequency,
When calculating gene frequency o...
27  cards
Lecture 9: Mechanisms of adaptation
Evolution,
Adaption,
3 ways to revers adaption
22  cards
Lecture 10: Natural selection in the wild
Selective regimes,
Directional selection,
Stabilising selection
10  cards
Lecture 11: Sexual selection
Intrasexual selection,
Intersexual selection,
Do natural selection and sexual s...
17  cards
Lecture 12: Individual selection and altruism
Altruistic behaviour,
Eg of altruistic behaviour,
How could altruistic behaviour ev...
16  cards
Lecture 14: Macroevolution
Macroevolution 2 types,
Gould eldridge,
Why do gaps occur in the fossil r...
10  cards
Lecture 15: Extinction
3 types of evolution,
Local extinction,
Species extinction
23  cards
Lecture 16: Selfish Genes
Altruistic behaviour,
Eg of altruistic behaviour,
An altruistic action will be favo...
25  cards
Lecture 13: Speciation
2 models of speciation,
Speciation,
Speciation results in generation ...
15  cards
Lecture 17: Evolution in real time
Evolution is,
Macro evolution is,
Micro evolution
22  cards
Lecture 18: Evolution and conservation
Human activities change the envir...,
Consequences of change,
Dodo extinction date
28  cards

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