Evolution Exam 1 – Dr. Kajiura – Study Guide & Revision Notes
What are the 2 commonalities of all life? - ANS ✔✔all life possesses DNA/RNA
And All life evolved
Evolution: - ANS ✔✔descent with modification. Change in the properties of populations of
organisms, or groups of such populations, over the course of generations
Evolutionary biology applies in? - ANS ✔✔Health sciences, Agriculture, Natural products,
Conservation and environmental Management, and in understanding ourselves. Entertainment
Evidence of Evolution - ANS ✔✔Micro, Speciation, Macro, and common ancestry
Evidence of Microevolution - ANS ✔✔Change through time
Evidence of Speciation - ANS ✔✔New lineages from old
Evidence of Macroevolution - ANS ✔✔New forms from old
Evidence of Common Ancestry - ANS ✔✔All life forms are related
Evidence of Microevolution Examples - ANS ✔✔Selective breeding
Direct observation
Vestigial structures
Evidence of Speciation examples - ANS ✔✔Natural Populations
, Lab experiments
Evidence of Macroevolution examples - ANS ✔✔Extinction and Succession
Transitional forms
Evidence of Common Ancestry examples - ANS ✔✔Homology
law of succession - ANS ✔✔General pattern of correspondence between fossil and living forms
from the same locale; same region
Transformational Forms - ANS ✔✔fossil record captures evidence of transmutations in progress.
Fossils show mix features including traits of ancestral populations and novel traits seen later in
descendants
Homology - ANS ✔✔Study of likeness. Same organ in different animals under every variety of
form and function
Structural Homology - ANS ✔✔Underlining design or structure of organisms are similar yet
function and appearance differ
processed pseudogenes - ANS ✔✔The earlier the ancestor in which
a processed pseudogene arose, the more descendant species will have inherited
it. Some descendants may have lost the pseudogene by deletion of the entire
sequence, but if we examine enough species the overall pattern should be clear.
Uniformitarism - ANS ✔✔Claim that geological process taking place now worked similarly in the
past; Direct challenge to catastrophism
What are the 2 commonalities of all life? - ANS ✔✔all life possesses DNA/RNA
And All life evolved
Evolution: - ANS ✔✔descent with modification. Change in the properties of populations of
organisms, or groups of such populations, over the course of generations
Evolutionary biology applies in? - ANS ✔✔Health sciences, Agriculture, Natural products,
Conservation and environmental Management, and in understanding ourselves. Entertainment
Evidence of Evolution - ANS ✔✔Micro, Speciation, Macro, and common ancestry
Evidence of Microevolution - ANS ✔✔Change through time
Evidence of Speciation - ANS ✔✔New lineages from old
Evidence of Macroevolution - ANS ✔✔New forms from old
Evidence of Common Ancestry - ANS ✔✔All life forms are related
Evidence of Microevolution Examples - ANS ✔✔Selective breeding
Direct observation
Vestigial structures
Evidence of Speciation examples - ANS ✔✔Natural Populations
, Lab experiments
Evidence of Macroevolution examples - ANS ✔✔Extinction and Succession
Transitional forms
Evidence of Common Ancestry examples - ANS ✔✔Homology
law of succession - ANS ✔✔General pattern of correspondence between fossil and living forms
from the same locale; same region
Transformational Forms - ANS ✔✔fossil record captures evidence of transmutations in progress.
Fossils show mix features including traits of ancestral populations and novel traits seen later in
descendants
Homology - ANS ✔✔Study of likeness. Same organ in different animals under every variety of
form and function
Structural Homology - ANS ✔✔Underlining design or structure of organisms are similar yet
function and appearance differ
processed pseudogenes - ANS ✔✔The earlier the ancestor in which
a processed pseudogene arose, the more descendant species will have inherited
it. Some descendants may have lost the pseudogene by deletion of the entire
sequence, but if we examine enough species the overall pattern should be clear.
Uniformitarism - ANS ✔✔Claim that geological process taking place now worked similarly in the
past; Direct challenge to catastrophism
