Phys. Anth. Jeopardy

Folks to Know

Vocabulary

Genetics

Species

Mutations

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His pea pod experiments disproved blending inheritance and has become the basis of modern genetics

Who is Gregor Mendel

Darwin used this man’s writings (which suggested that more individuals are born than can survive) to help explain natural selection

Who is Thomas Malthus?

(give his name and his theory) He states in this theory that the geological processes we observe today operated the same way in the past (give his name and his theory)

Who is James Hutton and his theory of uniformitarianism?

He gave all plants and animals a genus and species name (called what He gave all plants and animals a genus and species name (called what?) and ultimately categorized them into the first taxonomic chart

Who is Carolus Linnaeus & the 2 names= binomial nomenclature

(give his name and concept) His theory stated that changes in the fossil record could be explained by a continual process of catastrophes followed by repopulation of organisms from other regions (give his name and concept)

Who is Georges Cuvier & Catastrophism

Vocabulary section

A mechanism for evolutionary change favoring the survival & reproduction of some organisms over others b/c of their biological, behavioral &/or morphological characteristics

What is Natural Selection?

…is basically the hereditary material in humans and most other organisms

What is a chromosome?

Daily Double!!

Darwin and his associates took “friendship” very lightly Darwin and his associates took “friendship” very lightly. Give 2 examples of Darwin’s friends and their impact on evolution +/- the study of evolution.

Alfred Wallace came up w/ theory similar to NS but believed that evolution would always occur & Herbert Spenser who hindered the understanding of evolution by applying it to social & political situations

Mating between biologically related individuals (i.e. mother and son)

What is inbreeding?

Variation between and among populations

What is polytypic & polymorphic?

This form of RNA transports the genetic instructions from the DNA molecule to the site of protein synthesis (1st stage)

What is messenger RNA?

These amino acids are not active in protein synthesis and thus are removed.

What are introns?

gametes are created through this process

What is meiosis?

When 2 genes at a given locus are identical they are…

What is homozygous?

A gene that masks the expression of an allele in a heterozygous genotype is…

What is dominant?

This is essentially straight line evolution on a grand scale.

What is gradualism?

The three modes of selection on complex traits are? (For the exam, you will need to also know the definitions of these)

directional and balancing? What are stabilizing, directional and balancing?

Types of speciation caused by a mountain or change in diet for example

reproductive isolation What are geographic and reproductive isolation

When organisms have the same general structure but the purpose is different

What comparative morphology ?

This is a random change in the allele frequency from one generation to the next due to probability

What is genetic drift?

The big cat ate the fat rat to the big tar taf eht eta tac for example

What is inversion?

This is the only source for variation

What is Mutation?

The big cat ate the fat rat to The big gca tat eth efa tra for example

What is a frame-shift mutation?

Sickle cell anemia occurs as a result of this type of mutation

What is point mutation ?

causes hemophilia A

What is an insertion mutation ?

When a small population migrates to a new isolated location, copulate and reproduce the result is essentially…

What is Founders Effect?

Daily Double!!

Natural selection can be quantified by way of…

What is fitness ?

Camouflage and mimicry are types of

What are structural adaptations?

The 2 primary approaches used in anthropological study

What are biocultural and comparative?

The four subfields of anthropology

What are archaeology, linguistics, cultural & biological?

Final Jeopardy

This looks at the primary means of preserving human remains

What is bioarchaeology?