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APS121 Evolution

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Decks in this class (18)

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

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