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Recombinant Dna Technology
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health-sciences
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1. 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
Preimplantation Genetic diagnosis (PGD)
Sexual selection
Charles Darwin
Asexual reproduction
2. A subset of a population colonizes a new area
Mate choice/non - random mating
Micro - sort
Genetic drift
Founder effect
3. Subset of natural selection that increases the likelihood of mating specifically
Genetic drift
Totipotent stem cells
Asexual reproduction
Sexual selection
4. In related organisms the underlying anatomy is similar even when the function is different
Cuvier
Stem cells
Ericson Method
Homology
5. Mutation - Natural selection - Genetic drift - Bottleneck effect - Founder effect - Gene flow - and Mate choice/non - random mating
Evolution
Diploiding
plasmid
Mechanisms of Microevolution
6. Closely related organisms have more similar DNA sequences and protein structures
Descent with Modification
Molecular similarity
Reproductive fitness
Advantages of Recom. DNA tech
7. Capable of asexual reproduction; most are not
Most organisms are...
Descent with Modification
Micro - sort
Reproductive fitness
8. Can make large quantities of product; infection free; less expensive than a natural source
Population
Advantages of Recom. DNA tech
Heterozygote Advantage
Theory
9. Believed that change was gradual;Gradualism(the mechanisms of the world - then - are the same today)
Genetic drift
Hutton
Diploiding
Cuvier
10. The movement of genes between two populations e.g. migration - immigration
Lamarck
Historical Context of evolution
Mutation
Gene flow
11. Heterozygous chromosomes have an affect on an individuals genetics/alleles
Reproductive fitness
Heterozygote Advantage
Linnaeus
Preimplantation Genetic diagnosis (PGD)
12. Change in the DNA sequence of an individual; the only true way to get a new allele; the source of all heritable variation
Micro - sort
Gene Therapy
Mutation
Intrasexual selection
13. 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
'Pharm' animals
Stabilizing
Mate choice/non - random mating
Evolution
14. Traits that are neither advantageous nor disadvantageous; there is no selection
Descent with Modification2
Reproductive fitness
Evolution
Neutral Variation
15. 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
Molecular similarity
Most organisms are...
Sexual dimrphism
16. Results in a genetically identical inidvidual
Reproductive cloning
Most organisms are...
Descent with Modification2
Directional selection
17. A group of interbreeding organisms living in the same place at the same time
Ericson Method
Population
Pluripotent stem cells
Descent with Modification2
18. Mate choice; one sex chooses their mate
Sexual selection
Intersexual selection
Germinal choice
Mate choice/non - random mating
19. Recessive traits persistent to a certain population; recessive alleles hide from selection
Genetic drift
Descent with Modification2
Disruptive selection
Diploiding
20. 1.edits existing variation by using the material it has(variation that exists in population/ no new traits created by natural selection) 2. Has historical constraints(change in old structures) 3. Adaptations are compromises (good for one thing - bad
Neutral Variation
Natural selection does not make perfect individuals
Modes of Selection
Gel Electrophoresis
21. 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
Ericson Method
Lamarck
Natural selection does not make perfect individuals
Theory
22. Came up with the term Uniformitarianism(mechanisms for change in the past still occur today; believed at first there was no evolution
Sexual reproduction
Sexual dimrphism
Reproductive cloning
Lyell
23. Number of offspring in the next generation; your contribution to the gene pool
Descent with Modification2
Reproductive fitness
Mutation
Theraputic cloning
24. Taking good genes to replace bad genes; almost never works; has unintended side effects; sometimes just doesn't work; protein becomes degraded - etc
Stem cells
Directional selection
Bottleneck effect
Gene Therapy
25. Choosing the sperm/egg/embryo that will produce the desired child depending on DNA(genes)
Restriction enzymes
Germinal choice
Biogeography
Natural selection
26. One extreme is selected over the other
Microevolution
Hutton
Directional selection
Evolution
27. 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
Embryology
Mechanisms of Microevolution
Molecular similarity
Pluripotent stem cells
28. Sometimes different species share common ancestors
plasmid
Descent with Modification2
Ericson Method
Charles Darwin
29. Selection fro or against environment; leads to evolution only if variation has genetic components
Sexual reproduction
Population
Neutral Variation
Phenotypic variation
30. Invented the binomial method(naming of species); also believed that life was fixed
Theory
Gene Therapy
Linnaeus
Reproductive fitness
31. Sexual partners chosen based on some characteristics
Mate choice/non - random mating
Stabilizing
Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium
Sexual dimrphism
32. When a population becomes smaller and a few individuals survive the event
Reproductive fitness
Bottleneck effect
Sexual selection
Neutral Variation
33. A widely accepted idea with lots of evidence
Theory
Cuvier
Diploiding
Historical Context of evolution
34. The organism with the most advantageous traits will survive
Natural selection
plasmid
Theory
Neutral Variation
35. Came up with the term catastrophism(sudden events that lead to extinction - but not in todays time)
Germinal choice
Disruptive selection
Theraputic cloning
Cuvier
36. An accumulation of genetic charges over a certain amount of time
Artificial selection(breeding)
Stabilizing
Descent with Modification
Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium
37. Related organisms have similar development plans
Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium
Embryology
Mutation
Molecular similarity
38. Directional selection - Disruptive selection - Stabalizing
Micro - sort
Modes of Selection
Frequency dependent selection
Theraputic cloning
39. A process to help separate DNA fragments using an electrical current; helps to compare DNA samples by fragment pattern
Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium
Linnaeus
Intersexual selection
Gel Electrophoresis
40. The more common a trait becomes the more likely it will be selected against
Frequency dependent selection
Theory
Adaptation
Genetic drift
41. Pharmaceutical animals; cloned animals used ot produce products for humans
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42. Another method designed to sort female sperm form male sperm; goes by size of sperm; females are bigger than male sperm
Descent with Modification2
Micro - sort
Adaptation
Restriction enzymes
43. Humans selecting certain traits in domestic organisms
Gene flow
Phenotypic variation
Artificial selection(breeding)
Embryology
44. All species on earth are fixed; no changes - no new species - no extinction
Adaptation
Modes of Selection
Historical Context of evolution
Reproductive cloning
45. 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
Lamarck
Descent with Modification
Restriction enzymes
Molecular similarity
46. Cuts DNA in specific sites; the fragments created are usually predictable
plasmid
Restriction enzymes
Natural selection does not make perfect individuals
Neutral Variation
47. Takes the gene from a needed product - puts it into another organism (usually bacteria) and it will make duplicates of the product
Adaptation
Mutation
Neutral Variation
Recombinant DNA technology
48. 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
Natural selection does not make perfect individuals
Transitional forms
Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium
Natural selection
49. Forms that show how an organisms anatomy change over time
Transitional forms
Frequency dependent selection
Recombinant DNA technology
Linnaeus
50. 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
Microevolution
Gene flow
Preimplantation Genetic diagnosis (PGD)
Hutton