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Evo intro
What are the 6 propositions of ne...,
What is taxonomy,
What is phylogeny
12
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1: Classifying life & reconstructing phylogenies
List the taxonomic nomenclature,
What was haeckel s tree of life,
Describe generally how you d carr...
16
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1: Origin of prokaryotes & eukaryotes
What are the 3 types of fossil ev...,
Describe 2 ways in which microorg...,
What are bifs
11
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1: Origin of life
Describe how the earth was formed,
When is the earliest fossil evide...,
List 3 approaches to solving the ...
12
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1: Origin of sex & multicellular life
Describe the snowball slushball e...,
Describe the geology of the snowb...,
Around when did sex originate
8
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1: The Cambrian Explosion
Define metazoan,
What characteristics do metazoans...,
Recent advantages in several fiel...
11
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2: Evidence for evolution
What is artificial selection give...,
Give an example of how artificial...,
What is bergmann s rule
13
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2: Natural selection & adaptation
What are the 3 conditions in natu...,
Give an example of continuous var...,
Mendelian inheritance does not pr...
11
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2: Selfish Genes
What was found about alarm calls ...,
Describe the altruism found in fl...,
Describe how altruism is an evolu...
13
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2: Sexual selection
Define sexual dimorphism,
Describe monogamy examples,
Define polygamy
12
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2: Evolution in real time
Describe macroevolution,
Describe microevolution,
Define competition and give an ex...
8
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2: Evolution and conservation
Give some examples of why species...,
What are the consequences of anth...,
Give 3 examples of whole scale ex...
11
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3: Speciation
Define a biological species,
What does the formation of a new ...,
Define stabilising selection
18
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3: Macroevolution
Define gradualism,
What type of evolution results in...,
What is the problem with gradualism
13
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3: Extinction
List the types of extinction,
Describe the global extinction cr...,
Define local extinction
22
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4: Mutation, variation & genome organisation
Describe jean baptiste de lamarck...,
What are mutations,
Give some causes of mutation
21
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4: Mendelian Genetics
What model organism did mendel us...,
Describe mendel s process of pea ...,
Define filial
11
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4: Mendelian inheritance in humans
What are pedigree charts used for,
What are the pedigree symbols for...,
What are the pedigree symbols for...
24
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4: Chromosomes & linkage
The fly room experiment,
Describe the fly room experiments,
What does recombination mean for ...
7
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4: Intro to pop genetics
Define locus loci,
Define allele,
Define genotype
16
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4: Natural selection
Describe positive selection example,
Describe positive selection in th...,
What type of selection is sickle ...
6
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4: Inbreeding and depression
Name some human activities that a...,
What is conservation genetics,
Describe genetic drift
14
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4: Human pop. genetics
Describe human and chimpanzees re...,
Describe the australopithecines,
Describe homo erectus
17
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4: Quantitative genetics
What are the 2 types of phenotypi...,
Describe discontinuous variation,
Describe continuous variation
10
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4: Natural & artificial selection of quantitative traits
Describe selection analysis on di...,
How do we know that natural selec...,
Why doesn t selection always decr...
6
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