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Biology 1063 Test 4

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What is natural selection? Genetic variation occurs in individuals of a population, which increases their survival and reproductive success in the environment over other members of the population.
What is the smallest unit that can evolve? Population
What is genetic drift? Genetic Change due to Chance events - results in decreased genetic variability in the gene pool
Bottleneck effect Bottleneck effect is when a natural disaster causes a population to splinter and decreases genetic variability in the splinter population.
Founder effect when individuals in a population choose to reproductively isolate themselves- decreases genetic variability.
Human birth weight usually ranges from 6.0 lbs to 9 lbs Stabilizing Selection
Peppered Moths switch from being mostly white moths to gray moths following the industrial revolution that turned the white bark on the trees they inhabit dark. Directional Selection
Name the 4 Eras of our planet. Precambrium, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
What is our Present Era? Cenozoic
Define a population. Group of individuals of the same species, living in the same area, at the same time.
Define species. Groups of interbreeding natural pop
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