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5. 100 200 300 400 500 Darling Darwin Pop-pop- Population Genetics Naturally Natural Selection Today’s Special: Speciation Make Mine “Big Changes” Phylogeny- schmylogeny

6. This book published in 1859 set off a controversy still lively today. A 100

7. What is “The Origin of Species”? A 100

8. A rival theory that characteristics acquired during a lifetime could be passed on to offspring was proposed by this man. A 200

9. Who is Lamarck? A 200

10. This phrase refers to Darwin’s idea that all organisms have descended from a common ancestor. A 300

11. What is descent with modification? A 300

12. This term describes the idea that though a bat wing, an elephant foot and a person’s hand look different outside, they look very similar inside and are derived from a common ancestor. A 400

13. What is homologous? A 400

14. The evolutionarily left over but unused structures, like the human appendix or leg bones in whales are called this. A 500

15. What is vestigial? A 500

16. Change in the genetic makeup of a population. B 100

17. What is microevolution? B 100

18. Greater in small populations than large ones, the unpredictable fluctuation in allele frequencies. B 200

19. What is genetic drift? B 200

20. The result of a few members of a population surviving a catostrophic change in the environement. B 300

21. What is the Bottleneck Effect? B 300

22. The result of a few members of a population becoming isolated from the original population and establishing their own. B 400

23. What is the TV show Lost? No, really, it’s the Founder Effect B 400

24. With this (name and formula please) it can be determined whether or not a population is evolving by checking allele frequency. B 500

25. What is p 2 + 2pq + q 2 or the Hardy Weinberg theorem? B 500

26. Given credit for describing evolution as a result of Natural Selection C 100

27. Who is Charles Darwin? C 100

28. The condition for traits to have in order for Natural Selection to act on them. C 200

29. What is heritable? C 200

30. Economist responsible for the idea that populations place greater demand on resources than environment can supply. C 300

31. Who is Malthus? C 300

32. DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager

33. Along with Natural Selection and Genetic Drift, one of the 3 major influences bringing about Evolutionary change. C 400

34. What is Gene Flow? C 400

35. Along with stabilizing and disruptive, one of the three modes of selection in adaptive evolution. C 500

36. What is directional? C 500

37. Evolutionary change at the species level, like the appearance of hair or limbs. D 100

38. What is macroevolution? D 100

39. Indicates species breed at different times of day or year and thus prevents them from mating. D 200

40. What is temporal isolation? D 200

41. This term refers to a population forming a new species because of geographical isolation from the parent population. D 300

42. What allopatric speciation? D 300

43. This term refers to apparent periods of little evolutionary change interrupted periodically by rapid change. D 400

44. What is punctuated equilibrium? D 400

45. Sympatric speciation can be accomplished through non- disjunction in meiosis by forming these type of plants. D 500

46. What is autopolyploid? D 500

47. E 100 Evolutionary changes above the species level.

48. E 100 What is macroevolution?

49. These structures evolve for one purpose but get co-opted for another. E 200

50. What are exaptations.? E 200

51. The “control genes” lay out the general plan for bodies, i.e., put the head here, put the tail there. E 300

52. What are homeotic or Hox genes? E 300

53. This field of study combines evolution and developmental biology to show how small genetic changes can turn into large morphological changes. E 400

54. What is “Evo-Devo”? E 400

55. Refers to the different growth rates of different body parts, like the jaw versus the skull. E 500

56. What is allometric growth? E 500

57. The order of taxonomy between genus and order. F 100

58. What is family? F 100

59. Comparing DNA and RNA to infer evolutionary relationships. F 200

60. What is molecular systematics. F 200

61. A group of species that includes an ancestral species and all its descendants. F 300

62. What is a clade? F 300

63. Each categorization at a level of classification. F 400

64. What is a taxon? F 400

65. The idea that the simplest explanation in line with the facts should be the first investigated F 500

66. What is maximum parsimony? F 500

67. The Final Jeopardy Category is: Evolution Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

68. Different organisms develop similarities in structures due to similar environmental challenges, not due to close molecular relationships Click on screen to continue

69. What is convergent evolution? Click on screen to continue

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