Macroevolution

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  • Created on: 01-05-18 13:56
'Patterns in change of species composition over geological time periods' is a definition for what?
Macroevolution
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'Evolution of reproductive isolation' is a definition for what?
Speciation
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'Change in gene frequencies' is the definition for what?
Microevolution
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What are living fossils?
Species that remain virtually unchanged for millions of years
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Does evolution appears to occur at different rates?
Yes
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Lampetra is an example of what?
A living fossil
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Latimeria is the worlds most famous example of what?
A living fossil
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The horseshoe crab closely resembles what?
Trilobites
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Measuring changes in the SIZE and SHAPE of fossils is a way of monitoring what?
Rates of evolution
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MacFadden (1988) measured what?
Teeth of fossil horses
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Fossil measurements must be expressed as what?
Logs
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On average, horse teeth evolve at --- Darwins per million years
0.05 - 0.10
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Westoll (1949) studied the evolution of what?
Lung fish
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The living species of lungfish have remained largely unchanged for how many years?
250 Million
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Long periods of no evolutionary change are PUNCTUATED by rapid evolution when SPECIATION occurs is the theory of what?
Punctuated equilibrium
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Evidence for Lake Turkana in Africa is the best at showing what?
Punctuated evolution
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Who are at greater risk of extinction?
Specialists
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