Science of Zoology and Evolution of Animal Diversity Zoology, BIOL 1413 Saturday, September 4, 2004 Chapter 1 Science of Zoology and Evolution of Animal Diversity
Vocabulary Evolution Phylogeny Coelom Spiral Cleavage Homeothermy Hypothesis Theory Proximate Causes
Vocabulary Experimental Sciences Experimental Method Controls Evolutionary Sciences Ultimate causes Comparative Method
Vocabulary Inheritance of acquired characteristics Transformational Evolution Uniformitarianism Perpetual change Common descent Multiplication of species Gradualism Natural selection
Vocabulary Sorting Fossil B.P. = Before present Homology Trends Nested hierarchy Ontogeny phenotypes
Vocabulary Recapitulation Biogenetic law Heterochrony Speciation Reproductive barriers Allopatric speciation Allele Allelic frequency
Natural selection, species selection and catastrophic species selection interact to produce macroevolutionary trends that we see in the fossil record.
Vocabulary Cretaceous extinction Catastrophic species selection
Vocabulary Positive assortive mating Inbreeding Fitness Sexual selection Stabilizing selection Directional selection Disruptive selection Species selection Mass extinctions Permian extinction
Vocabulary Macroevolution Polymorphism Gene pool Genotype Heterozygous Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium Genetic drift
Vocabulary Allopatric speciation Adaptive radiation Phyletic gradualism Punctuated equilibrium Neo-Darwinism Chromosomal theory of inheritance microevolution