Evolution and behaviour

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Natural selection
What did aristotle think,
What changed questioned aristotle...,
What was lamarcks theory
14  cards
DNA
What is life ie what are the fund...,
What was griffith s experiment th...,
What was chargaff s rule
13  cards
Genes
How was gene described,
How is the information in dna con...,
What forms does rna have
20  cards
Chromosomes
What is chromatin,
Chromosomes aren t the same lengt...,
What is the chromosomal make up o...
10  cards
Genomes
Can crossing over create new muta...,
What is the genome,
What are extranuclear or organell...
11  cards
Variation
What is c dna,
What do mean when there is a gene...,
How is variation created in dna
20  cards
Inheritance 1
What are the three generally reco...,
Which of the following lists incl...,
What is a phenotype a charactera ...
13  cards
Inheritance 2
What do mendel s first two laws d...,
Give examples of non mendelian in...,
When are alleles less likely to b...
13  cards
Natural selection 2
Who recorded genetic linkage,
What does hardy weinberg s equili...,
4 quantitative genetic traits
14  cards
Selection and drift
Why doesn t selection lead to uni...,
What is the reason for polymorphi...,
What is balancing selection and w...
14  cards
The evolution of sex
Determination of sex at the gamet...,
Give types of asexual reproduction,
Why can sex be costly
16  cards
Sexual selection
Why do some males have elaborate ...,
Why are females more picky,
Why batemans theory may be incorrect
16  cards
Adaptation
What is adaptation and function,
What are the adaptations of birds...,
Describe natural selection
12  cards
Speciation
What leads to the overall changes...,
What is a species breeding,
What is speciation
13  cards
Fossils
Give the rough dates of origin of...,
What are fossils,
How are fossils formed by a serie...
26  cards
Patterns of Evolution
What is the branching pattern of ...,
What are the problems with the fo...,
What is the explanation for punct...
10  cards
History of life
Bodies have to be made from molec...,
How may have amino acids arisen f...,
The first self replicating molecules
21  cards
Human Evolution
Humans position in phylogeny what...,
Order primates what are eutherian...,
Hominoidea higher primates
21  cards
Extinction and adaptive radiation
What are the two views of life si...,
What is adaptive radiation,
What is an examples of adaptive r...
20  cards
Microevolution
Darwin s four postulates,
What is cladogenesis,
What is the difference between mi...
11  cards
Animal Behaviour
Phenotype and evolution,
Give an overview of evolutionary ...,
Describe phenotype and reproducti...
14  cards
Control of behaviour
The control of behaviour,
Reflexes,
Kinesis
14  cards
Development of behaviour
Name types of behaviours,
Instinct and innate behaviour and...,
Human babies
14  cards
Learning
What are the different forms of l...,
What is learning,
What is habituation and give an e...
13  cards
Development of behaviour 2
Why is hard to show the evolution...,
Strictly speaking it is the brain...,
Label the brain
15  cards
Function of behaviour
What do functional questions ask,
What is the function of nuptial g...,
Function and currencies
16  cards
Lions case study
What are some of the social organ...,
Lion prides kenya,
Lion prides males
13  cards

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