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adaptative radiation - diversification of a group of organisms into forms filling different ecological niches allopatric speciation - aka geographical isolation: biological pops of the same species become isolated from each other to an extent that prevents or interferes with gene flow allopolypl...

"Asteroid impact" - Influence that humans have on earth Satellite imaging highlights the lights during the night Light = continuing story of manhattan Human influences on biodiversity and conservation ~2M early hominind ancestors moved - north out of Africa ~70M first Homo sapiens moved - Nor...

1 molecule of glucose produces - Answer-36 ATP 12 critical plant species for human population - Answer-Cereal grains (grasses): 1. Wheat (Europe & Middle East) 2. Rice (Far East) 3. Corn (Americas) Root crops: 4. White (Irish) potato (Peru) 5. Sweet potato (tropical Americas) 6. Casaba/Tapio...

3 mechanisms for prokaryot genetic recombination - 1.)Transformation 2.)Conjugation 3.)Transduction Absolute dating - -Radioactive isotopes decay over regular annual time periods (half-lives) -C14 5,700 yrs - radioactive isotopes vs stable isotopes -stable isotopes stay the same after the orga...

Age structure - Distribution of individuals across age categories Alfred Russel Wallace - Established biogeography Amenalism - One species is harmed, other is unaffected Antagonistic interactions - One species benefits, other is harmed (e.g., predation, herbivory, parasitism) Any environment is...

Adaptive Radiation - An evolutionary pattern in which many species evolve from a single ancestral species Allele - An alternative form of a gene. Allele Frequency - Number of times that an allele occurs in a gene pool in comparison to the total number of alleles allopatric speciation - The form...