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What is the idea that Darwin got from Malthus?
What is the idea that Darwin got from Malthus?
- Competition for limited resources leads to natural selection (correct)
- Inbreeding reduces genetic diversity
- Random mutations cause genetic drift
- Genetic variation occurs through migration
What assumption must be met for a population to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
What assumption must be met for a population to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
- No gene flow
- No genetic drift
- No mutation
- Random mating (correct)
What is the consequence of inbreeding on the genetic structure of a population?
What is the consequence of inbreeding on the genetic structure of a population?
- Promotes genetic drift
- Leads to natural selection
- Increases genetic variation
- Decreases genetic diversity (correct)
What is sexual selection?
What is sexual selection?
What is allopatric speciation?
What is allopatric speciation?
What are the limitations and biases of the fossil record?
What are the limitations and biases of the fossil record?
What is a synapomorphy?
What is a synapomorphy?
What is an outgroup in a phylogenetic tree?
What is an outgroup in a phylogenetic tree?
What terms describe different kinds of prezygotic isolating mechanisms?
What terms describe different kinds of prezygotic isolating mechanisms?
What are characters and what does a character state mean?
What are characters and what does a character state mean?
Who was the first biologist to formulate a mechanism by which evolution might work?
Who was the first biologist to formulate a mechanism by which evolution might work?
What are Lamark's two principles?
What are Lamark's two principles?
What idea did Darwin owe to Thomas Malthus?
What idea did Darwin owe to Thomas Malthus?
Who is Nicolaus Steno and why is he important?
Who is Nicolaus Steno and why is he important?
What evidence in the fossil record documents evolution?
What evidence in the fossil record documents evolution?
What are vestigial structures and how do they reflect evolution?
What are vestigial structures and how do they reflect evolution?
What is a 'transitional form'? What is an example?
What is a 'transitional form'? What is an example?
How did medieval people view nature?
How did medieval people view nature?
How is artificial selection evidence for evolution?
How is artificial selection evidence for evolution?
Who first documented the fact that extinction takes place?
Who first documented the fact that extinction takes place?
What are Lamark's two principles?
What are Lamark's two principles?
What is uniformitarianism and who advocated it?
What is uniformitarianism and who advocated it?
Who was the first biologist to formulate a mechanism by which evolution might work?
Who was the first biologist to formulate a mechanism by which evolution might work?
How did medieval people view nature?
How did medieval people view nature?
What is a 'transitional form' and provide an example.
What is a 'transitional form' and provide an example.
What is a fact in scientific inquiry?
What is a fact in scientific inquiry?
Who is Nicolaus Steno and why is he important?
Who is Nicolaus Steno and why is he important?
What does the term 'theory' mean to a scientist?
What does the term 'theory' mean to a scientist?
Who was the father of modern paleontology?
Who was the father of modern paleontology?
What is the process of natural selection and its outcome?
What is the process of natural selection and its outcome?
What are the genetic consequences of migration, also known as gene flow?
What are the genetic consequences of migration, also known as gene flow?
What does the morphospecies concept emphasize?
What does the morphospecies concept emphasize?
What is allopatric speciation and what conditions favor it?
What is allopatric speciation and what conditions favor it?
What are the limitations and biases of the fossil record?
What are the limitations and biases of the fossil record?
What is an apomorphy and how does it relate to phylogenetic trees?
What is an apomorphy and how does it relate to phylogenetic trees?
What is an outgroup and why is it important in phylogenetic analysis?
What is an outgroup and why is it important in phylogenetic analysis?
"What are characters and character states in the context of phylogenetic analysis?
"What are characters and character states in the context of phylogenetic analysis?
How can we use radioactivity to estimate the age of fossils?
How can we use radioactivity to estimate the age of fossils?
Why do we prefer the most parsimonious tree in phylogenetic analysis?
Why do we prefer the most parsimonious tree in phylogenetic analysis?
What is the genetic consequence of migration, also known as gene flow?
What is the genetic consequence of migration, also known as gene flow?
What is the consequence of inbreeding on the genetic structure of a population?
What is the consequence of inbreeding on the genetic structure of a population?
What are characters and what does a character state mean?
What are characters and what does a character state mean?
What is an adaptation?
What is an adaptation?
What is the morphospecies concept?
What is the morphospecies concept?
What is an apomorphy?
What is an apomorphy?
What are the assumptions that must be met for a population to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
What are the assumptions that must be met for a population to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
What is the genetic consequence of genetic drift?
What is the genetic consequence of genetic drift?
What is allopatric speciation?
What is allopatric speciation?
What is sympatric speciation? What are the conditions that favor it?
What is sympatric speciation? What are the conditions that favor it?
What is an outgroup in a phylogenetic tree? What is its significance?
What is an outgroup in a phylogenetic tree? What is its significance?
Who first documented the fact that extinction takes place?
Who first documented the fact that extinction takes place?
What are Lamark's two principles?
What are Lamark's two principles?
What is uniformitarianism and who advocated it?
What is uniformitarianism and who advocated it?
What is the theory of gradualism and who formulated it?
What is the theory of gradualism and who formulated it?
How did medieval people view nature?
How did medieval people view nature?
Who is Richard Owen and why is he important?
Who is Richard Owen and why is he important?
What is a fact in scientific inquiry?
What is a fact in scientific inquiry?
What two people conceived of the idea of evolution by natural selection?
What two people conceived of the idea of evolution by natural selection?
