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Biology 14.3
Biology- Evolution: A Retreat from Science 14.3 -FINISHED
Question | Answer |
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The study of similarities and differences in the body structure or organisms. | comparative anatomy |
Who founded comparative anatomy? | George Cuvier |
What refers to similarities among organisms adapted to the same environment but different in internal structure. | Analogy |
What refers to the similar organs which are also similar in internal structure. | homology |
The science which seeks to discover how the mechanisms of living cells work. | Molecular biology |
Who is the 18th century who said that if you found a watch you knew it had a watchmaker, though why when we find a rock we say it has no maker? | William Paley |
At the same time as ORIGINS was written there was a man who was uncovering the true nature of genetics and heredity. | Gregor Mandel |
Variety in kinds generally result in......??? | preexisting genetic variety |
Are there fixed limits to biological change? | Yes. |
Random errors in an organism's genetic code is called? | mutations |
De Vries was convinced that _________ and natural selection working together provided the mechanism which brought about evolution. | mutations |
What revealed these latent characteristics, and natural selection cause them to become predominant among the finches on the island? | Inbreeding (breading w/in small groups) |
A commonly cited example of natural selection in action is that of the ______ _____ (Biston betularia), found in England. | peppered moth |
The hypothesis of embryonic recapitulation was developed by a German evolutionist named ________ _________. | Ernst haeckel |