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Evolution - Unit in Review
Review material in the following sections of the textbook and focus on the specific topics listed below:
-7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
-8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Key terms from the textbook are indicated in bold face.
History of Evolutionary Thought: (7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5)
-describe the contributions of the following scientists on modern theories of evolution:
-Georges Cuvier (catastrophism), Charles Lyell (uniformitarianism)
-Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (inheritance of acquired characteristics)
-Charles Darwin (theory of evolution by natural selection)
-survival of the fittest, adaptation
-Thomas Malthus (competition within populations)
Evidence of Evolution: (7.3, 7.4, 7.5)
-describe evidence observed and/or gathered by Charles Darwin that lead to his theory of evolution
by natural selection & explain what inferences can be made from each
-biogeography
-fossil record
-unique species present on the Galapagos Islands
-homologous features
-analagous features
-vestigial features
-outline the specific observations and inferences that led to Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural
selection
Mechanisms of Evolution: (7.1, 8.1)
-describe evolutionary mechanisms & how they affect the development & extinction of various
species (e.g., evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, high oxygen carrying capacity of
Tibetans living at high altitudes, etc.)
-natural selection
-artificial selection
-sexual selection
-genetic drift
-genetic bottlenecks
-founder effect
-mutations (neutral mutations, harmful mutations, beneficial mutations)
-explain the process of adaptation of individual organisms to their environment
-describe the patterns of natural selection (directional selection, stabilizing selection, disruptive
selection) & give examples of each
Speciation & Patterns of Evolution: (8.2, 8.3)
-define the concept of speciation, explain the process by which new species are formed
-reproductive isolation (reproductive isolating mechanism, prezygotic mechanisms,
postzygotic mechanisms)
-patterns of speciation (allopatric speciation, sympatric speciation)
-explain and give examples of adaptive radiation and coevolution
-contrast divergent evolution and convergent evolution
Evaluation:
Unit Test
Artificial Selection Assignment
Debate
Date:
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Friday, February 17th, 2017
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