BIO 1406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Diploblasty, Continental Drift, Cambrian Explosion
11 Apr 2016
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Ask yourself these questions: (they seem simple but are quite helpful in gauging your readiness for a test) In addition, by doing this, you can organize all the information in your head efficiently). Describe the contributions to evolutionary theory made by linnaeus, Describe lamarck"s theories, and explain why they have been rejected. Explain what darwin meant by descent with modification . List and explain darwin"s four observations and two inferences. Describe at least four lines of evidence for evolution by natural selection. Explain why the majority of point mutations are harmless. Define the terms population, species, gene pool, relative fitness, and neutral variation. Apply the hardy-weinberg equation to a population genetics problem. Explain why natural selection is the only mechanism that consistently produces adaptive change. Explain the role of population size in genetic drift. Distinguish among the following sets of terms: directional, disruptive, and stabilizing selection; intrasexual and intersexual selection. List four reasons why natural selection cannot produce perfect organisms.
