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Mechanisms of Evolution

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Introduction
How can evolution be considered a...,
How can evolution be considered a...,
How can evolution be considered a...
8  cards
Early History
What did aristotle believe about ...,
What was aristotles scale of natu...,
What is natural theology
23  cards
Classification, phylogeny, and systematics
How were organisms classified bef...,
How were organisms classified aft...,
How do we know all life originate...
64  cards
Patterns of evolution
What is cladogenesis,
What is anagenesis,
What is gradualism not in the geo...
20  cards
Palaeontology and Evolution
What is palaeontology,
What are the 5 time scales from l...,
What are the 4 eons
23  cards
Origin of Tetrapods
Which group of fishes did tetrapo...,
What characteristics does eusthen...,
Which early amphibian did eusthen...
10  cards
Origin of Birds
What was the intermediate form be...,
When did archaeopteryx live,
Which group of diapsids survived ...
10  cards
Origin of Mammals
Which group of reptiles did mamma...,
How do anapsids synapsids diapsid...,
Which group of synapsids were the...
16  cards
Origin of Cetaceans
When did evolution of the whales ...,
What is the sister group of the w...,
What were the characteristics of ...
5  cards
Origin of Humans
What was changed especially durin...,
What were the characteristics of ...,
What were the changes in skulls o...
3  cards
History of Life
What were the 3 evolutionary inno...,
How did life begin on earth,
Can non living molecules be natur...
28  cards
Biogeography
What is biogeography,
What does biogeography attempt to...,
What is historical biogeography
30  cards
Origin of Genetic Variation
Why is variation critical to evol...,
What are silent synonymous mutations,
What are non synonymous mutations
31  cards
Variation at the Population Level
What is the central issue in popu...,
What are the 3 questions about ge...,
What is the gene pool
47  cards
Genetic Drift
What are the 4 major factors that...,
What size of population is more p...,
What is genetic drift
15  cards
Coevolution
What two things are involved in c...,
What is coadaptation,
What is the difference between so...
24  cards
Natural Selection
What is an adaptation,
What makes a characteristic an ad...,
How do adaptations cause a popula...
35  cards
Speciation
What is the biological species co...,
What does the biological species ...,
What is the typological species c...
33  cards
Macroevolution
What is macroevolution,
What is gradualism,
What is punctuated equilibrium
15  cards
Extinction
What is extinction,
What is background extinction,
What is a mass extinction
6  cards

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