Download Biology 520 - Evolution review

Biology - Evolution review - test on chapter 16 and 17
The test will cover chapter 16 (evidence for evolution and Darwin's voyage) and chapter 17
(natural selection and the formation of new species)
Power points: chap 16 | Chap 17
Notes: natural selection and common ancenstry | introductory lecture - natural selection
| lecture on speciation
Evolution links
There will be a separate test later on chapter 18 and 19 (classification and the history of
life)
Some terms/concepts to know for chapter 16-17. A few of the topics we covered during this
unit are in chap 18 or 19 in your book - use the list below:
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natural selection (be able to explain how it works! Use the "misconceptions quiz" to
test yourself)
sexual selection
antibiotic/pesticide resistance and other examples of natural selection (see your notes)
Darwin's voyage and scientific influences
common descent/ancestry (Darwin called this "descent with modification") + evidence
for it (biogeography, anatomical and genetic similarities, fossil patterns)
homology and analogy
convergent evolution
biogeography and related concepts - adaptive radiation, speciation, "giants" and
"dwarves" on islands, etc
geographic isolation
speciation (including mechanisms of reproductive isolation - temporal, anatomical, etc)
stabilizing/directional/disruptive selection
genetic drift - random evolutionary changes
Hardy-weinberg (conditions under which populations do not evolve)
co-evolution
Be sure to review your notes and the associated links and use the homework questions in
your book to study!