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Evolution Objectives
Chapter 13
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Describe the circumstances that led Darwin to his ideas of “Descent with modification”
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Describe the process of natural selection
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Describe how microevolution can change the allele frequencies in the gene pool
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Describe the five conditions required for the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
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Determine if a population is in HW equilibrium and solve problems relating to HW
Chapter 14
1. distinguish between microevolution and macroevolution.
2. Distinguish between the biological species concept and other definitions of species
3. Describe five types of prezygotic barriers and three types of postzygotic barriers that prevent populations
belonging to closely related species from interbreeding.
4. Describe adaptive radiation using the Galápagos finches as an example
5. Explain 2 different ideas regarding the pacing of evolution (how fast it happens)
Chapter 15
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What scientific hypotheses explain the beginning of life and what supportive evidence is ther
Distinguish between homologous and analogous structures and provide examples of each. Describe the process
of convergent evolution vs. divergent evolution
Be able to build or interpred a phylogenetic tree/ cladogram including shared derived characters, shared
primitive characters, ingroup, outgroup
Classification
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Characteristics of the 3 Domains
Explain how endosymbiosis can explain the evolution of eukaryotic cells
Characteristics of Kingdom Animalia, Plantae, Fungi
Characteristics of the groups: protists and monera
Activities: Natural Selection and Allele Frequencies, Phylogeny of the Beasties, Classification lab