Biology 3436F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Supersister, Epistasis, Prokaryote
17 Dec 2017
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The process is iterative and self-correcting meaning as you finish and answer 1 question, more will come up and you continue the process. Adaption: a characteristic that improves survival or reproduction; if the adaptation is heritable, the frequency of the characteristic may increase in a population over time. At what level: genes to allow the preservation and survival of a certain gene individuals and families, populations different allele frequencies in populations. Natural selection: the argument that living species are the product of unguided, unconscious process of reproductive competition among their ancestors. What is evolution: change in allele frequency in a population over a period. Is selection necessary for evolutionary change: no, genetic drift and gene flow also work on populations. Is natural selection restricted to genes only: in principle, no. Niko tinbergen: dutch biologist and orthonologists: helped develop the study of animal behaviour in a natural setting, i. e. ethology.
