BIOL 1070 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Genetic Drift, Conservation Biology, Natural Selection
27 Mar 2016
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Practice interpreting observations and formulating hypotheses related to natural selection. Explain the basic postulates of natural selection, how it works and the evolution of complex adaptations. Understand the key concepts and terminology associated with adaptation and specialization. Understand the major processes (natural selection and adaptation) involved in the evolution of complex adaptations such as mantle lures. Understand the contributions of speciation and extinction to biodiversity. Recognize the challenges involved in defining species and the importance of gene flow/genetic isolation in speciation. Summarize gene flow, genetic isolation, and barriers in the context of speciation. Distinguish extirpation from extinction and the consequences for conservation biology. There is an enormous diversity of species occupying a wide range of very different habitats. Organisms are generally well-suited to life in their particular habitat; natural selection. Mechanisms of evolution include natural selection, mutation, genetic drift, and gene flow and contribute to changes in the proportion of genes and heritable phenotypes in populations overtime.
