evolution

Explain the process of speciation in terms of the Darwinian theory of evolution by natural selection and apply it to examples of three patterns of speciation taken from primate evolution. See the online notes for the patterns and processes of speciation.

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EVOLUTION

•    Explain the two forces that drive microevolution: adaptation and overproduction of offspring.
•    List two pieces of evidence that Darwin used to develop his theory of evolution by natural selection.
•    Explain the link between natural selection and reproductive success.
•    List the 5 conditions required for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. For each, give an example of how a real population would not meet that condition.
•    Compare and contrast directional, stabilizing, and disruptive selection.
•    Explain how natural selection can maintain harmful alleles in a population.
•    Explain how sexual selection can promote traits that decrease fitness.
•    Compare and contrast how mutation, genetic drift, non-random mating, and gene flow contribute to evolution.
•    How can natural selection favor different phenotypes at different times?
•    Explain why hard body parts are more likely to appear in the fossil record.
•    Describe two ways that the age of a fossil can be determined.
•    Explain how biogeography can be used to explain the evolution of a species.
•    Compare and contrast homologous, analogous, and vestigial structures. This would include giving an example of each.
•    Explain how embryonic development can be used to identify evolutionary relationships.
•    Describe how DNA sequences can reveal evolutionary relatedness.
•    Explain what is meant by a molecular clock.
•    Describe the forces that lead to the evolution of new species.
•    Compare and contrast microevolution and macroevolution.
•    Define a biological species.
•    Compare and contrast several forms of pre-zygotic and post-zygotic barriers to reproduction (3 of each)
•    Compare and contrast allopatric, sympatric, and parapatric speciation.
•    Compare and contrast gradualism and punctuated equilibrium. Give an example of how the fossil record exhibits both.
•    Describe three mechanisms of adaptive radiation.
•    Identify factors that can affect the extinction rate of species.
•    What is the advantage of a cladistics approach over a more traditional approach to phylogeny?
•    Summarize the evidence for the origin of life on Earth.
•    Describe how conditions on the early Earth could contribute to the production of biological molecules.
•    Explain why RNA may have been the first form of genetic material.
•    Describe how endosymbiosis contributed to the evolution of eukaryotes.
•    Describe the evidence for human evolution.
•    Describe the evidence supporting the Out of Africa model of human dispersal.

EVOLUTION

•    Explain the two forces that drive microevolution: adaptation and overproduction of offspring.
•    List two pieces of evidence that Darwin used to develop his theory of evolution by natural selection.
•    Explain the link between natural selection and reproductive success.
•    List the 5 conditions required for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. For each, give an example of how a real population would not meet that condition.
•    Compare and contrast directional, stabilizing, and disruptive selection.
•    Explain how natural selection can maintain harmful alleles in a population.
•    Explain how sexual selection can promote traits that decrease fitness.
•    Compare and contrast how mutation, genetic drift, non-random mating, and gene flow contribute to evolution.
•    How can natural selection favor different phenotypes at different times?
•    Explain why hard body parts are more likely to appear in the fossil record.
•    Describe two ways that the age of a fossil can be determined.
•    Explain how biogeography can be used to explain the evolution of a species.
•    Compare and contrast homologous, analogous, and vestigial structures. This would include giving an example of each.
•    Explain how embryonic development can be used to identify evolutionary relationships.
•    Describe how DNA sequences can reveal evolutionary relatedness.
•    Explain what is meant by a molecular clock.
•    Describe the forces that lead to the evolution of new species.
•    Compare and contrast microevolution and macroevolution.
•    Define a biological species.
•    Compare and contrast several forms of pre-zygotic and post-zygotic barriers to reproduction (3 of each)
•    Compare and contrast allopatric, sympatric, and parapatric speciation.
•    Compare and contrast gradualism and punctuated equilibrium. Give an example of how the fossil record exhibits both.
•    Describe three mechanisms of adaptive radiation.
•    Identify factors that can affect the extinction rate of species.
•    What is the advantage of a cladistics approach over a more traditional approach to phylogeny?
•    Summarize the evidence for the origin of life on Earth.
•    Describe how conditions on the early Earth could contribute to the production of biological molecules.
•    Explain why RNA may have been the first form of genetic material.
•    Describe how endosymbiosis contributed to the evolution of eukaryotes.
•    Describe the evidence for human evolution.
•    Describe the evidence supporting the Out of Africa model of human dispersal.