what are four adaptations that blue-footed boobies have to help them survive
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why are the four adaptations of blue-footed boobies evolutionary compromises
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what is the history of evolutionary thought
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who was the first person to state the theory of evolutionary thought
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what influenced Darwin's thinking during his voyage on "The Beagle"
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what were the ideas and events that led to Darwin publishing his book "The Origin of Species"
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explain how the work of Thomas Malthus and the process of artificial selection influenced Darwin's development of the idea of natural selection
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what were the observations and inferences that helped Darwin developing the thought of natural selection
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why can individuals not evolve
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why does evolution not lead to perfectly adapted organisms
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what is evolution
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what are two examples of natural selection known to occur in nature
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what are three key points to how natural selection works
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how do fossils form
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how does the fossil record provide some of the strongest evidence of evolution
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how does biogeography support evolution
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how does comparative anatomy support evolution
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how does comparative embryology support evolution
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how does molecular biology support evolution
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how are evolutionary trees constructed
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what is a population
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how does mutation produce genetic variation
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how does sexual recombination produce genetic variation
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explain why prokaryotes can evolve more quickly than eukaryotes
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describe the five conditions required for the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
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what is the significance of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to natural populations
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what is the significance of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to public health science
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explain how genetic bottlenecks threaten the survival of certain species
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why is natural selection the only mechanism that leads to adaptive evolution
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what is intrasexual selection
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what is intersexual selection
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how has antibiotic resistance evolved
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how has genetic variation been maintained in populations
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what is neutral variation
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give four reasons why natural selection cannot produce perfection
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an inherited characteristic that enhances an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment..
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the selective breeding of domesticated plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits..
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natural selection that maintains stable frequencies of two or more phenotypic forms in a population..
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the study of past and present distribution of organisms
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genetic drift resulting from a drastic reduction in population size; typically, the surviving population is no longer genetically representative of the original population..
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natural selection in which individuals on both extremes of a phenotypic range are favored over intermediate phenotypes..
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natural selection in which individuals at one end of the phenotypic range survive and reproduce more sucesfully then do other individuals..
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descent with modification; the idea that living species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from present-day ones; also the genetic changes in a population over generations..
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a branching diagram that reflects a hypothesis about evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms..
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the irrevocable loss of a species
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the contribution an individual makes to the gene pool of the next generation relative to the contribution of other individuals in the population..
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the chronicle of evolution over millions of years of geological time engraved in the order in which fossils appear in rock strata..
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a preserved remnant or impression of an organisms that lived in the past..
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genetic drift that occurs when a few individuals become isolated from a larger population, with the result that the composition of the new population's gene pool is not reflective of that of the original population..
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a decline in the reproductive sources of individuals that have a phenotype that has become too common in a population..
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the transfer of alleles from one population to another, as a result of the movement of individuals of their gametes..
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all the alleles for all the genes in a population..
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a change in the gene pool of a population due to change; effects are most pronounced in small populations..
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the principle that the shuffling of genes that occurs during sexual reproduction by itself cannot change the overall genetic makeup of a population..
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greater reproductive success of heterozygous individuals compared to homozygous; tends to preserve variation in gene pools..
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structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry..
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similarity in characteristics resulting from a shared ancestry..
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a change in a population's gene pool over generations..
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the study of the molecular basis of genes and gene expression; molecular genetics..
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a change in the nucleotide sequence of an organism's DNA; _____ also can occur in the DNA or RNA of a virus; that ultimate source off genetic diversity..
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a process in which organisms with certain inherited characteristics are more likely to survive and reproduce than are organisms with other characteristics..
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genetic variation that does not appear to provide a selective advantage or disadvantage..
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a scientist who studies fossils..
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marked differences between the secondary sex characteristics of males and females..
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a form of natural selection in which individuals with certain inherited characteristics are more likely than other individuals to obtain mates..
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natural selection that favors intermediate variants by acting against extreme phenotypes..
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rock layers formed when new layers of sediment cover older ones and compress them..
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a structure of marginal or no importance to an organisms. are historical remnants of structures that had important function in ancestors..