10 Questions
What is the primary difference between artificial selection and natural selection?
The agent of selection, being humans or nature
What is the term for the process by which a new species emerges from an existing one?
Speciation
What is the primary purpose of a cladogram?
To show the evolutionary relationships between organisms
What is the term for the phenomenon where a small group of individuals becomes isolated from the main population and establishes a new population?
Founder effect
What is the term for the process by which a population becomes reproductively isolated from other populations?
Allopatric speciation
What is the term for the process by which a species undergoes a rapid change in its characteristics in response to environmental pressures?
Adaptive radiation
What is the term for the process by which the frequency of an allele changes in a population due to random events?
Genetic drift
What is the term for the phenomenon where a species becomes extinct, leading to the formation of a new species?
Extinction
What is the term for the process by which different species evolve similar traits in response to similar environmental pressures?
Convergent evolution
What is the term for the equation that describes the frequencies of alleles in a population, assuming no evolution is occurring?
Hardy-Weinberg equation
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