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Which term refers to the movement of individuals and their alleles from one population to another, potentially changing allele frequencies in both populations?
Which term refers to the movement of individuals and their alleles from one population to another, potentially changing allele frequencies in both populations?
- Modern synthesis
- Migration (correct)
- Natural selection
- Vicariance
What is the study of how selective forces change the allele frequencies in a population over time?
What is the study of how selective forces change the allele frequencies in a population over time?
- Sympatric speciation
- Variation
- Population genetics (correct)
- Speciation
What does the term 'sympatric speciation' refer to?
What does the term 'sympatric speciation' refer to?
- The variety of alleles in a population
- The movement of individuals of a population to a new location
- A speciation that occurs in the same geographic space (correct)
- The formation of a new species
Which term refers to a physical structure present in an organism but that has no apparent function and appears to be from a functional structure in a distant ancestor?
Which term refers to a physical structure present in an organism but that has no apparent function and appears to be from a functional structure in a distant ancestor?
What is the overarching evolutionary paradigm that took shape by the 1940s and is generally accepted today?
What is the overarching evolutionary paradigm that took shape by the 1940s and is generally accepted today?
What refers to the greater relative survival and reproduction of individuals in a population that have favorable heritable traits, leading to evolutionary change?
What refers to the greater relative survival and reproduction of individuals in a population that have favorable heritable traits, leading to evolutionary change?
Which term refers to a heritable trait or behavior that aids in an organism's survival in its current environment?
Which term refers to a heritable trait or behavior that aids in an organism's survival in its current environment?
What is the term for a speciation that occurs when one species radiates out to form several other species?
What is the term for a speciation that occurs when one species radiates out to form several other species?
What do we call a speciation that occurs via a geographic separation?
What do we call a speciation that occurs via a geographic separation?
What type of evolution results in similar forms on different species due to similar selection pressures?
What type of evolution results in similar forms on different species due to similar selection pressures?
What is the term for the magnification of genetic drift as a result of natural events or catastrophes?
What is the term for the magnification of genetic drift as a result of natural events or catastrophes?
Which term describes the flow of alleles in and out of a population due to the migration of individuals or gametes?
Which term describes the flow of alleles in and out of a population due to the migration of individuals or gametes?
What is the term for all of the alleles carried by all the individuals in the population?
What is the term for all of the alleles carried by all the individuals in the population?
Which term refers to the effect of chance on a population’s gene pool?
Which term refers to the effect of chance on a population’s gene pool?
What is the term for a broader scale of evolutionary changes seen over paleontological time?
What is the term for a broader scale of evolutionary changes seen over paleontological time?
What do we call an evolution that results in different forms in two species with a common ancestor?
What do we call an evolution that results in different forms in two species with a common ancestor?
