BIOL 205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Elephas, Sub-Saharan Africa, Protostome
14 Dec 2015
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Diversity basilisk lizard (male vs. female), woodpeckers (pale billed vs. pileated) Scientific method: testing hypothesis about relationship of organisms, testing hypotheses about diversity of groups. Perspective how do you know usual vs. unusual. Tusked wasps: not social, only in sub-saharan africa, mud nests, elaboration of form more biodiversity, affected by sexual selection = variation. Synagris elephas: largest of genus (40mm in length), 1895 french article: no pic, no drawing, single specimen, collected early. 1870"s, locale vague, location of specimen unclear, hasn"t been seen since collection. 1859 origin of species by means of natural selection darwin - spent years observing, collecting, marking variety of decisions which led him to compiling inferences about different organisms 5yrs. Diversity = idea of relatedness of different types of animals or plants, evolution, never used term of evolution (descent with. How many different species of different groups of organisms =1. 8 million = described, estimated = 10 mil to 100 mil modification), mechanism he proposed was important.
