Scala naturae - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Alfred Russel Wallace ( - Answer-Naturalist, known for explorations in SE Asia. Considered "After of Biogeography". (Wallace and Weber Lines on maps) Anaximander (610-546 BC) - Answer-Speculated: Early animals rose from the ocean, humans came from the mouths of giant fish, and complexity rose from simple life. Aristotle (384-322 BC) - Answer-Advocated the importance of observation, wrote "History of Animals", also wrote "Scala Natural" Biological Evolution - Answer-Change in populati...

TAMU Biology 112 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Aristotle - Answer- Scala naturae Linnaeus - Answer- Binomial nomenclature Darwin - Answer- Fossils, strata Cuvier - Answer- Strata, extinction, Opposed evolution, catastrophic events caused extinction Hutton and Lyell - Answer- Gradualism, continuous geological growth, earth is OLD Lamarck - Answer- Use it or lose it, we get bigger and better, Adaptations - Answer- Inherited characteristics that enhance survival and reprod...

Conditions for Hardy-Weinburg Equilibrium: - ️️1) Random mating 2) No Mutations 3) No gene flow 4) No natural selection 5) large population size (no drift) Natural Selection: - ️️Individuals with certain traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than others because of those traits. What are the consequences of evolving? - ️️Adaptions Speciation Extinction Aristotle: - ️️Greek philosopher who came up with scala naturae What is Natural Theology? - ️️Says t...

homology - ANSWERsimilarity due to common ancestry - phenotype properties homoplasy (convergence) - ANSWERsimilarity due to independent evolution. Adaptations due to an environment. The mammal Humpback Whale and the fish Whale Shark both have dorsal fins - not because of any common ancestry. phylogeny - ANSWERfamily tree among species - hypothesis of evolutionary relationships. evolution - ANSWERchange in the heritable properties of a population over generations. Individuals DO NOT evol...

Definition of Evolution (Darwin's time): - Descent with modification. Definition of Evolution (currently): - A change in the genetic composition of a population from generation to generation. Descent with modification: - A phrase Darwin used in proposing that Earth's many species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from the present-day species. 1) Which of the following statements best describes theories? A) They are nearly the same things as hypotheses. B) They are...

TAMU Biology 112 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Aristotle - Answer- Scala naturae Linnaeus - Answer- Binomial nomenclature Darwin - Answer- Fossils, strata Cuvier - Answer- Strata, extinction, Opposed evolution, catastrophic events caused extinction Hutton and Lyell - Answer- Gradualism, continuous geological growth, earth is OLD Lamarck - Answer- Use it or lose it, we get bigger and better, Adaptations - Answer- Inherited characteristics that enhance survival and reprod...

homology - ANSWERsimilarity due to common ancestry - phenotype properties homoplasy (convergence) - ANSWERsimilarity due to independent evolution. Adaptations due to an environment. The mammal Humpback Whale and the fish Whale Shark both have dorsal fins - not because of any common ancestry. phylogeny - ANSWERfamily tree among species - hypothesis of evolutionary relationships. evolution - ANSWERchange in the heritable properties of a population over generations. Individuals DO NOT evol...

BIOL 112 Exam 1 (Ch.22,23,24) Practice Test Questions | 100% Correct Answers | Verified 2024 Version Definition of Evolution (Darwin's time): - Descent with modification. Definition of Evolution (currently): - A change in the genetic composition of a population from generation to generation. Descent with modification: - A phrase Darwin used in proposing that Earth's many species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from the present-day species. 1) Which of...

Gene - Linear sequence of nucleotides, coding instruction for transcription of RNA, and translation to a protein Anaximander (610-546 BC) - Speculated: Early animals rose from the ocean, humans came from the mouths of giant fish, and complexity rose from simple life. Aristotle (384-322 BC) - Advocated the importance of observation, wrote "History of Animals", also wrote "Scala Natural" Biological Evolution - Change in populations over time Biology - Study of Life Carolus Linnaeus () ...

micro vs macro evolution -ANSWER micro: natural selection, mutation, migration, drift, sexual selection *(within species)* macro: speciation, extinction, phylogenetic analysis, coevolution, patterns of character evolution evolution occurs at what level? -ANSWER population NOT individual plato aristotle malthus Paley lamarck erasmus darwin lyell (uniform??) linneaus wallace luria and delbruck kimura hamilton and zuk buffon -ANSWER plato- eidos- ideal fit to environment *eidos...