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Recombinant Dna Technology

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1. Traits that are neither advantageous nor disadvantageous; there is no selection






2. An accumulation of genetic charges over a certain amount of time






3. The idea that characteristics can enhance an organisms survival






4. Change in alleles due to random chance






5. Number of offspring in the next generation; your contribution to the gene pool






6. 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






7. A circular piece of DNA in bacteria where the gene is placed in Recom. DNA technology






8. Capable of asexual reproduction; most are not






9. Way more offspring are produced than by sexual reproduction






10. Came up with the term Uniformitarianism(mechanisms for change in the past still occur today; believed at first there was no evolution






11. Selects for the extremes and against the middle






12. A process to help separate DNA fragments using an electrical current; helps to compare DNA samples by fragment pattern






13. Believed that change was gradual;Gradualism(the mechanisms of the world - then - are the same today)






14. Humans selecting certain traits in domestic organisms






15. The change in a populations genetics






16. Related organisms have similar development plans






17. Change in the DNA sequence of an individual; the only true way to get a new allele; the source of all heritable variation






18. Invented the binomial method(naming of species); also believed that life was fixed






19. Taking good genes to replace bad genes; almost never works; has unintended side effects; sometimes just doesn't work; protein becomes degraded - etc






20. Can make large quantities of product; infection free; less expensive than a natural source






21. Selects for the middle and against the extremes






22. Sexual partners chosen based on some characteristics






23. A group of interbreeding organisms living in the same place at the same time






24. 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






25. Recessive traits persistent to a certain population; recessive alleles hide from selection






26. The movement of genes between two populations e.g. migration - immigration






27. The more common a trait becomes the more likely it will be selected against






28. All species on earth are fixed; no changes - no new species - no extinction






29. Another method designed to sort female sperm form male sperm; goes by size of sperm; females are bigger than male sperm






30. 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






31. Results in a genetically identical inidvidual






32. Cuts DNA in specific sites; the fragments created are usually predictable






33. Subset of natural selection that increases the likelihood of mating specifically






34. 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






35. Direct competition for mates with the same sex






36. Form of reproduction more used because it creates Variation






37. When a population becomes smaller and a few individuals survive the event






38. Cells that can become any cell in the body; found in the embryo






39. Selection fro or against environment; leads to evolution only if variation has genetic components






40. Differences in appearances between the sexes






41. The screening of embryos for genetic disorders; done in In Vitro fertilization(fertilization in a petri dish); PGD removes one cell from the embryo and screens it genetically; embryos with disorders are discarded - ones without are kept and implanted






42. In related organisms the underlying anatomy is similar even when the function is different






43. A subset of a population colonizes a new area






44. Mutation - Natural selection - Genetic drift - Bottleneck effect - Founder effect - Gene flow - and Mate choice/non - random mating






45. Pharmaceutical animals; cloned animals used ot produce products for humans

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46. Forms that show how an organisms anatomy change over time






47. Set sail on the HMS Beagle to travel the islands and areas for signs of evolution; First book written in 1839 'voyage of the Beagle'; Second book published in 1859 'The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection






48. Came up with the term catastrophism(sudden events that lead to extinction - but not in todays time)






49. Distribution of organisms related to evolution; different organisms play the same roles on different continents; island organisms resemble organisms on nearby mainland






50. Cells that can turn into other cells