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1. What 2 criteria must be in place for natural selection to occur?
2. How do macroevolution and microevolution differ?
3. Why are mutations important in evolution?
4. Not all mutations result in variation because of redundancy of our genetic code. What does this mean?
5. What assumptions must be made for the Hardy-Weinberg model? When would we use this information? Be able to state and use the equation.
6. How does reproductive success impact natural selection?
7. What are gene flow, genetic drift, and the bottleneck effect? When would we observe these in a population?
8.What is the biological species concept? What are some ways in which organisms can be isolated from the others?
9.Describe homologous and analogous structures. Give some examples.
10.What is a molecular clock?
11What is the phylogenetic species concept?
12.On a phylogenetic tree, describe where we would place ancestral traits and derived traits.
13.What are some assumptions we must make when constructing a cladogram?
14.Using DNA analysis, when would it be valuable to look for rapidly mutating DNA as opposed to mutations that occur over a longer period of time?
15.How can we determine the age of a fossil both through relative and absolute dating?
16.Describe a situation in which evolution would occur very quickly.
17.What is adaptive radiation? When does it occur?
18.Given a situation be able to predict what might occur given the characteristic of variation and environmental change.
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