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| link attached to female allele |
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| more than the normal number of chromosomes |
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| natural selection for mating process |
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| x allele that is turned off |
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| genetic additions to or subtractions from a population resultig from the movement of fertile individuals |
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| a view of earth's history that attributes profound chnce to the cumulative prodct of slow but continuous provesses |
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| Klinefelter Syndrome, mental retardation, tall small balls breasts |
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| british naturalist who sent Darwin his manuscripts which had developed a theory of natural selection similar to Darwin's. |
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| changes above the species classification such as flight... |
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| the study of the past and present distribution of species |
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| Robertsonian translocation |
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| chromosome rearrangement of two long arm chromsomes...most common, balanced is ok unbalanced is bad |
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| a person who is heterozygous at a given genetic lovus with one normal allele and one potentially harmful recessive allele. the heterozygote is phenotypically normal for the character determined by the gene bt can pass on the harmfl allele to offspring |
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| site of crossing over in meiosis |
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| evolutionary change below the species level such as a makeup of the population from generation to generation |
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| moving out of a population |
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| mating with individuals in close proximity |
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| # of offspring reduces or are fucked up |
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| wrote essay on population growth the conteded that much of human suffering was inescapable due to the human potentail to increase faster than food and other resources |
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| a group whose members possess similar anatomical characteristics and have the ability to interbreed |
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| similarit on characteristics resulting from a shared ancestry |
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| The hereditary association of genes located on the same chromosome |
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| In the evolutionary sense, some heritable feature of an individual's phenotype that improves its chances of survival and reproduction in the existing environment |
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| An X-linked recessive genetic disease, caused by a mutation in the gene for clotting factor VIII (hemophilia A) or clotting factor IX (hemophilia B), which leads to abnormal blood clotting |
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1) The process producing a gene or a chromosome differing from the wild-type.
2) The gene or chromosome that results from such a process |
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| The study of variation in genes among a group of individuals |
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| The relative reproductive success of a genotype as measured by survival; fecundity or other life history parameters. See Darwinian fitness and natural selection |
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(1) A cell having four chromosome sets.
(2) an organism composed of such cells |
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| The position of a gene, DNA marker or genetic marker on a chromosome |
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| the acquisition of dissimilar characters by related organisms in unlike environments |
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comparitive anatomy...correspondence between the members of pairs or sets of linguistic forms that serves as a basis for the creation of another form
4 : correspondence in function between anatomical parts of different structure and origin |
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| most genetic variation in natural populations is not maintained by selection because most alleles have equal fitness. |
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| A family tree drawn with standard genetic symbols, showing inheritance patterns for specific phenotypic characters. A representation of the ancestry of an individual or family; a family tree |
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| A process in which homologous chromosomes exchange parts normally reciprocally but sometimes unequally. The exchange of corresponding chromosome parts between homologues by breakage and reunion of DNA molecules normally during prophase I of meiosis but also occasionally during mitosis |
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| A group of organisms of the same species relatively isolated from other groups of the same species |
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| All of the alleles available among the reproductive members of a population from which gametes can be drawn |
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| The failure of a pair of homologous chromosomes to separate properly during meiosis. The failure of homologues (at meiosis) or sister chromatids (at mitosis) to separate properly to opposite poles, that is two chromosomes or chromatids go to one pole and none to the other |
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1. Use and Disuse
2. Inheritance of accurred characteristics |
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| gradualism w/ geographic features |
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| Genetic drift observed in a population founded by a small non representative sample of a larger population |
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| An individual organism that is recognizably different from an arbitrary standard type in that species |
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| chromosome that is not sex linked |
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| suggesting that doseage compensation in mammals is by inactivation of all but one X chromosome in cells with more than one X chromosome. The Barr body, visible in some female mammalian cells, is an inactivated X chromosome. |
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| The occurrence in a population (or among populations) of several phenotypic forms associated with alleles of one gene or homologs of one chromosome |
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| A brief reduction in size of a population which usually leads to random genetic drift |
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| An individual having a heterozygous gene pair. A diploid or polyploid with different alleles at a particular locus |
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| the hypothesis by cuvier that each boundary between strata coresponded in time to a catastrophe such as flood or drought |
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| The condition of a cell or of an organism that has additions or deletions of a small number of whole chromosomes from the expected balanced diploid number of chromosomes |
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wrote Origin of Species
"descent w/ modification"
Natural Selection and Adaption |
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