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CH 22
An overview of evolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the definition of Evolution? | Heritable change in one or more characteristics of a population or species from one generation to the next |
| What is the definition of Microevolution? | changes in a single gene in a population over time |
| What is the definition of Macroevolution? | formation of new species or groups of species |
| What is the definition of Species? | group of related organisms that share a distinctive form, members of the same species are capable of interbreeding to produce offspring |
| What is the definition of Population? | members of the same species that are likely to encounter each other and thus have the opportunity to interbreed |
| What is the uniformitarianism hypothesis from geology? | slow geological processes lead to substantial change, Earth was much older than 6k years |
| Who is Thomas Malthus and what did he say? | an economist, says only a fraction of any population will survive and reproduce |