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Recombinant Dna Technology
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1. Change in alleles due to random chance
Gel Electrophoresis
Restriction enzymes
Genetic drift
Disruptive selection
2. In related organisms the underlying anatomy is similar even when the function is different
Homology
Frequency dependent selection
Microevolution
Heterozygote Advantage
3. Forms that show how an organisms anatomy change over time
Microevolution
Transitional forms
plasmid
'Pharm' animals
4. Can make large quantities of product; infection free; less expensive than a natural source
Reproductive fitness
Gene flow
Hutton
Advantages of Recom. DNA tech
5. Came up with the term Uniformitarianism(mechanisms for change in the past still occur today; believed at first there was no evolution
Lyell
Artificial selection(breeding)
Mutation
Totipotent stem cells
6. A group of interbreeding organisms living in the same place at the same time
Population
plasmid
Bottleneck effect
'Pharm' animals
7. Subset of natural selection that increases the likelihood of mating specifically
Cuvier
Sexual selection
Homology
Sexual reproduction
8. Pharmaceutical animals; cloned animals used ot produce products for humans
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9. Mate choice; one sex chooses their mate
Sexual dimrphism
Frequency dependent selection
Intersexual selection
Neutral Variation
10. Theory of a stable - nonevolving population in which frequency of alleles do not change; only occurs in large - isolated populations with random mating - and no natural selection or mutations
Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium
Sexual selection
Genetic drift
Bottleneck effect
11. Direct competition for mates with the same sex
Asexual reproduction
Biogeography
Intrasexual selection
Natural selection does not make perfect individuals
12. Form of reproduction more used because it creates Variation
Transitional forms
Neutral Variation
Restriction enzymes
Sexual reproduction
13. The change in a populations genetics
Microevolution
Micro - sort
Reproductive cloning
Adaptation
14. An accumulation of genetic charges over a certain amount of time
Gel Electrophoresis
Microevolution
Cuvier
Descent with Modification
15. Humans selecting certain traits in domestic organisms
Artificial selection(breeding)
Preimplantation Genetic diagnosis (PGD)
Sexual selection
Cuvier
16. Believed that change was gradual;Gradualism(the mechanisms of the world - then - are the same today)
Gene Therapy
Advantages of Recom. DNA tech
Hutton
Adaptation
17. Way more offspring are produced than by sexual reproduction
Lyell
Asexual reproduction
Sexual selection
Theraputic cloning
18. Number of offspring in the next generation; your contribution to the gene pool
'Pharm' animals
Reproductive fitness
Stabilizing
Gel Electrophoresis
19. Results in a genetically identical inidvidual
Micro - sort
Stabilizing
Diploiding
Reproductive cloning
20. Related organisms have similar development plans
Neutral Variation
Embryology
Theraputic cloning
Asexual reproduction
21. Traits that are neither advantageous nor disadvantageous; there is no selection
Neutral Variation
Microevolution
Stem cells
Embryology
22. Sexual partners chosen based on some characteristics
Asexual reproduction
Microevolution
Mate choice/non - random mating
Diploiding
23. The movement of genes between two populations e.g. migration - immigration
Theraputic cloning
Adaptation
Micro - sort
Gene flow
24. Capable of asexual reproduction; most are not
Linnaeus
Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium
Most organisms are...
Directional selection
25. The idea that characteristics can enhance an organisms survival
Embryology
Intrasexual selection
Adaptation
Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium
26. Came up with the term catastrophism(sudden events that lead to extinction - but not in todays time)
Cuvier
Artificial selection(breeding)
Heterozygote Advantage
Sexual reproduction
27. Selection fro or against environment; leads to evolution only if variation has genetic components
Charles Darwin
Sexual selection
Sexual dimrphism
Phenotypic variation
28. Cuts DNA in specific sites; the fragments created are usually predictable
Heterozygote Advantage
Microevolution
Restriction enzymes
Pluripotent stem cells
29. The organism with the most advantageous traits will survive
Sexual selection
Natural selection
Diploiding
Sexual reproduction
30. Mutation - Natural selection - Genetic drift - Bottleneck effect - Founder effect - Gene flow - and Mate choice/non - random mating
Micro - sort
'Pharm' animals
Mechanisms of Microevolution
Mate choice/non - random mating
31. The more common a trait becomes the more likely it will be selected against
Recombinant DNA technology
Frequency dependent selection
Gene Therapy
Natural selection does not make perfect individuals
32. Scientific explanation of how life changes over time - science is based off of evidence - science is obtained with observation and testing - science is always open to question
Evolution
Natural selection does not make perfect individuals
Descent with Modification2
Ericson Method
33. A subset of a population colonizes a new area
Biogeography
Mutation
Founder effect
Descent with Modification2
34. Cells that can turn into other cells
Bottleneck effect
Reproductive fitness
Germinal choice
Stem cells
35. A circular piece of DNA in bacteria where the gene is placed in Recom. DNA technology
Theraputic cloning
Genetic drift
plasmid
Totipotent stem cells
36. Closely related organisms have more similar DNA sequences and protein structures
Molecular similarity
Reproductive cloning
Restriction enzymes
Asexual reproduction
37. Directional selection - Disruptive selection - Stabalizing
Modes of Selection
Natural selection does not make perfect individuals
Artificial selection(breeding)
Charles Darwin
38. Another method designed to sort female sperm form male sperm; goes by size of sperm; females are bigger than male sperm
Evolution
Founder effect
Modes of Selection
Micro - sort
39. Taking good genes to replace bad genes; almost never works; has unintended side effects; sometimes just doesn't work; protein becomes degraded - etc
Theraputic cloning
Ericson Method
Adaptation
Gene Therapy
40. First to publish mechanisms for evolution; Had 2 idea: Use and disuse - use it more gets bigger; less it disappears - Inheritance of acquired characteristics - pass on changes to offspring
Mechanisms of Microevolution
Ericson Method
Evolution
Lamarck
41. Cells that can become any cell in the body; found in the embryo
Restriction enzymes
Totipotent stem cells
Hutton
Pluripotent stem cells
42. The process of sperm sorting; separating the male sperm from the female sperm; difference told by swimming speed; boy sperm swim faster than girl sperm; Theory might have flaws in it though - only works 50% of the time
Mechanisms of Microevolution
Ericson Method
Heterozygote Advantage
Natural selection
43. Heterozygous chromosomes have an affect on an individuals genetics/alleles
Ericson Method
Heterozygote Advantage
Micro - sort
Descent with Modification2
44. Recessive traits persistent to a certain population; recessive alleles hide from selection
Pluripotent stem cells
Diploiding
Stem cells
Cuvier
45. When a population becomes smaller and a few individuals survive the event
Bottleneck effect
Stem cells
Descent with Modification
Artificial selection(breeding)
46. Comparing an unknown sample of DNA to a known sample by using Gel Electrophoresis; used in crime scenes - paternity tests - and remains identification
DNA fingerprinting
Biogeography
Intersexual selection
Totipotent stem cells
47. All species on earth are fixed; no changes - no new species - no extinction
Biogeography
Cuvier
Historical Context of evolution
Adaptation
48. Cells that can become only a few different types of cells; mostly adult stem cells; found in bone marrow - the skin epidermis - etc; can sometimes be turned into Totipotent stem cells
Gene flow
Hutton
Pluripotent stem cells
Homology
49. A widely accepted idea with lots of evidence
Descent with Modification2
Founder effect
Descent with Modification
Theory
50. Change in the DNA sequence of an individual; the only true way to get a new allele; the source of all heritable variation
Cuvier
Sexual dimrphism
Mutation
Recombinant DNA technology
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