Download Island Biology Test Study Guide Mechanisms of Island Evolution

Island Biology Test Study Guide
Mechanisms of Island Evolution PPT, The Island of the Color Blind, Mechanisms of Evolution beads
activity, Mechanisms of Evolution Articles and Analysis, Allele Frequency and Hardy-Weinberg
Equation Labs and Activities.
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Define evolution, gene flow, natural selection, mutation, genetic drift (incl, genetic bottleneck, and
founder effect).
What is achromatopsia and what causes it? Explain the symptoms of achromatopsia.
Describe the crucial events that caused achromatopsia to become so common on Pingelap.
Define genetic drift. Describe how it is similar and different from natural selection.
Describe how mutations and natural selection relate to evolution.
Explain how mutations relate to biodiversity, and if biodiversity is “gained”, “lost” or “neither”
when mutations occur.
Define “fitness” in evolutionary terms.
Using the 4 articles read in class, provide evidence and examples of the following mechanisms:
gene flow, founder effect, genetic drift, and mutation.
Define the following terms: population, species, DNA, gene, allele, dominant, recessive,
homozygous, and heterozygous.
What is the Hardy-Weinberg equation? How is it used? What factors must remain constant for a
population to be in equilibrium? What causes disequilibrium
Be able to calculate gene frequencies given data and the Hardy-Weinberg equations.
Given a set of data, determine if a population has evolved or will evolve.
Differentiate between evidence and reasoning.
Island Biology Test Study Guide
Mechanisms of Island Evolution PPT, The Island of the Color Blind, Mechanisms of Evolution beads
activity, Mechanisms of Evolution Articles and Analysis, Allele Frequency and Hardy-Weinberg
Equation Labs and Activities.
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Define evolution, gene flow, natural selection, mutation, genetic drift (incl, genetic bottleneck, and
founder effect).
What is achromatopsia and what causes it? Explain the symptoms of achromatopsia.
Describe the crucial events that caused achromatopsia to become so common on Pingelap.
Define genetic drift. Describe how it is similar and different from natural selection.
Describe how mutations and natural selection relate to evolution.
Explain how mutations relate to biodiversity, and if biodiversity is “gained”, “lost” or “neither”
when mutations occur.
Define “fitness” in evolutionary terms.
Using the 4 articles read in class, provide evidence and examples of the following mechanisms:
gene flow, founder effect, genetic drift, and mutation.
Define the following terms: population, species, DNA, gene, allele, dominant, recessive,
homozygous, and heterozygous.
What is the Hardy-Weinberg equation? How is it used? What factors must remain constant for a
population to be in equilibrium? What causes disequilibrium
Be able to calculate gene frequencies given data and the Hardy-Weinberg equations.
Given a set of data, determine if a population has evolved or will evolve.
Differentiate between evidence and reasoning