Chapter 10 Terms

Chapter 10 – Mechanisms of Species Evolution

 

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Biological classification

Limiting factors

Mechanisms of Species Evolution

Charles Darwin

Chief naturalist

H.M.S. Beagle

Principles of Geology

Principle of Uniformitarianism

Law of Superposition

 

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Andes Mountains

Speciation

Natural Selection

Origin of Species

Evolution

Organic evolution

 

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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or the Preservation of Favoured Races

             in the Struggle for Life

The Origin of Species

Alfred Wallace

Malaysia

Indonesia

Scientific credit

 

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Darwin/Wallace theory

Christian Bible

Grand Canyon

Always to be a theory

We cannot go back in time

Interpret the fossil record

Deductive and Inductive Reasoning

Scopes trial

 

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Natural selection demonstrated

Peppered moth

Catholicism

Focus on islands

Colonization

Natural transportation system

Flying

Sea bird

Bat

Insect

Bird and bat transport

 

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Bird dropping

Feather

Fruit bat

Seed

Floating

Rafting

Snail

Millipede

Spider

Reptile

Coconut

Buoyant

Organic matter

Wind transport

Parachute-like structures

Balloon

Wind-buoyant silk

 

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Flame trees

Bougainvillea plant

Banana

Papaya

Tapioca

Pig

Cow

Dog

Cat

Brown treesnake

Pest

Plane

Jet

Helicopter

Boat

Plant flora

Crop

Ornamental plant

Weed

Nonnative plant species

 

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Indigenous species

Endemic species

Nearshore fish

Inshore fish

Brown rat

Marine toad

 

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Indo-Malayan-Pacific area

New Guinea

Pantropica

Geographic isolation

Overproduction of offspring

Tangantangan tree

Leucaena leucocephala

 

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Differences amongst offspring

Variation

Competition for Resources

Competition

Limited Resource

Food

Space

Light

Water

Reproductive mates

Competitive Exclusion Principle

Exclude

Share

 

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Kangaroo

Rabbit

Rabbit-killing virus

Kangaroo population

Owl

Mice

Hawk

Great cormorant

Shag cormorant

Ornithologist

Indirect competition

Direct competition

Territories

 

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Survival of the Fittest

Better fit

Adaptation

Inheritance

Characteristic

Trait

Galapagos Islands

Marine iguana

Amblyrhynchus cristatus

Green iguana

Iguana iguana

 

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Galapagos finches

Finches

Law of Natural Selection

Theory of Evolution

Factors that control natural selection

Mutation

Collared kingfisher

 

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Rufous fantail

Palau fantail

Unfilled niches

Endemic

Chlorophyll

Genes

Flame tree

Delonix regia

 

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Dessication

Inheritance

Abbot Gregor Mendel

Botanical scientist

Mathematician

Factors of Inheritance

Gamete

Gene

Genetics

Heredity

Pea plant

Observation

Laws of Inheritance

Some inherited traits are dominant

Some inherited traits are recessive

Many traits are inherited in pairs

Hybrids do not breed true

Dominant trait

Recessive trait

Hybrid

 

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Cross-breeding

Chromosome

Nucleus

Cell

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Base pair

 

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Double helix

James Watson

Francis Crick

Genetic Code

Double-helix molecule

Codons

Factors of Inheritance

Protein formation

Organelle

Protein

Ribosome

Enzyme

Hormone

Pheromone

Chemical attractants

DNA is like a Blueprint

DNA and Mutations

Mutation

 

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Lethal

Reproductive Isolation

Guam rail

Gallirallus owstoni

Micronesian megapode

Megapodius laperouse

Elephant bird

Moas

Dinoris giganteus

derivation

New Zealand

Giant tortoise

Geochelone elephantopus

Aldabra islands

 

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Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Monitor lizard

Varanus indicus

Coco-de-mer

Lodoicea maldivica

Seychelles Islands

Flightlessness

Sea-going cormorant

Phalacrocorax sp.

 

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Predator

Cat

Dog

Rat

Hog

Brown treesnake

Boiga irregularis

Dodo

Raphus cucullatus

Mauritius Island

Réunion Island

Rodriguez Island

Indian Ocean

Mariner

Maori tribe

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