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Speciation
What is the problem with species,
What did linnaeus believe,
What is the phenetic method
14
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Evidence of Evolution
What is the argument by design,
How is the fossil record evidence,
How is comparative bio evidence
12
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Evolutionary Biology
Equation for population growth,
What is k,
What are birth and death rates de...
6
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Reproductive Isolation
How is inbreeding prevented,
What was dobzhankys classificatio...,
What are post mating mechs that i...
14
cards
Phylogenetic Reconstruction
What do phylogenetic trees show,
What are sequence alignments,
What is alignment
20
cards
Mutations
What is a mutation in general terms,
Why do we need mutations,
What are point mutations
26
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Rates of Evolution
What was darwis view,
What did the discovery of mendeli...,
What was the modern synthesis
24
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Plant Breeding
What is monoecy,
What is andromonoecy,
What is gynodioecy
11
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Plant Inbreeding vs Outbreeding
What happens in inbreeding,
What does inbreeding do in combo ...,
What does shared ancestry result in
9
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Genetic Variation
What is a population,
What can be used to define popula...,
How can we study population struc...
10
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Variance and Evolution
What is used to measure discrete ...,
What are the assumptions underlyi...,
What is used to measure continuou...
7
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Phylogenetic Trees
0
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Applications of Phylogenetic Reconstruction
What are sources of systematic error,
What are counter measures,
What are bootstrapping values
11
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Sex
Whats the point of males,
What is sex,
What are gynogenetic species
17
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Sexual Selection
What was darwin worried about,
Why do we know elaborate bird tra...,
What did darwin suggest that peop...
10
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Sexual Selection 2
Why do females choose on bizarre ...,
Are traits arbitary,
What did fisher believe
11
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Genomics
What is the genome,
What happened in 1800s,
What happened in 1952 and 53
14
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Biodiversity
What are the three indexs,
What is pi,
When is the maximum of shannons s...
10
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Crop Evolution
What are the stages of crop domes...,
How is selection used,
What happened in 1960s and 2006
25
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Symbiosis
What is the significance of symbi...,
What does phylogenetic diversity ...,
Why is biodiversity not a static ...
15
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Adaptionism
How can we see the design in livi...,
What did paley tell us,
What does naturalistic trial and ...
7
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Social Adaptation
Whats the problem with sterile wo...,
What is kin selection,
What is hamiltons rule
12
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Why is evolution important?
What is creationism,
What is the concept of intelligen...,
What have been some of the proble...
9
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