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BIOLOGY 142 test 1 delgado Practice Questions and Answers Gene - Answer️️ -unit of inheritance on a DNA molecule that encodes for a particular trait by providing instructions Population - Answer️️ -individuals of the same species that occur at the same time at the same place. Natural ...

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BIOLOGY 142 test 1 delgado Practice
Questions and Answers

Gene - Answer✔️✔️-unit of inheritance on a DNA molecule that
encodes for a particular trait by providing instructions

Population - Answer✔️✔️-individuals of the same species that occur
at the same time at the same place.

Natural selection - Answer✔️✔️-(process mechanism) can lead to
evolution

Evolution - Answer✔️✔️-(outcome) through time, species accumulate
differences and as a result, descendants differ from their ancestors.
In this way new species arise from existing ones

HMS Beagle - Answer✔️✔️-the name of the 5-year voyage of Charles
Darwin's' ship

Galapagos islands - Answer✔️✔️-14 different islands

Alfred Wallace - Answer✔️✔️-using the scientific methods in
southeast Asia, he writes Darwin about the butterflies and other
things about evolution and calls it natural selection

Natural Selection - Answer✔️✔️-produces evolutionary change when
some individuals in a population possess certain inherited




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characteristics and then produce more surviving offspring than
individuals lacking these characteristics

Original proportions of genotypes in a population will remain
constant from generation to generation as long as the following
assumptions are met: - Answer✔️✔️-o No mutation

▪ 1/100,000 cell divisions

o No gene flow between populations

▪ No immigration or emigration

o Random mating

o Large population size

o No natural selection

(p² + 2pq + q² = 1) - Answer✔️✔️-Hardy-Weinberg Equation

Equation used to calculate future genotype proportions in a
population

The 5 agents of Evolutionary Change - Answer✔️✔️-1. Mutations

2. Gene flows

3. Non-random mating

4. Natural selection occurs

5. Population size can be significantly reduced



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