Macroevolution 0.0 / 5 ? OtherLife on EarthUniversityNone Created by: MariaC5Created on: 01-05-18 13:56 'Patterns in change of species composition over geological time periods' is a definition for what? Macroevolution 1 of 17 'Evolution of reproductive isolation' is a definition for what? Speciation 2 of 17 'Change in gene frequencies' is the definition for what? Microevolution 3 of 17 What are living fossils? Species that remain virtually unchanged for millions of years 4 of 17 Does evolution appears to occur at different rates? Yes 5 of 17 Lampetra is an example of what? A living fossil 6 of 17 Latimeria is the worlds most famous example of what? A living fossil 7 of 17 The horseshoe crab closely resembles what? Trilobites 8 of 17 Measuring changes in the SIZE and SHAPE of fossils is a way of monitoring what? Rates of evolution 9 of 17 MacFadden (1988) measured what? Teeth of fossil horses 10 of 17 Fossil measurements must be expressed as what? Logs 11 of 17 On average, horse teeth evolve at --- Darwins per million years 0.05 - 0.10 12 of 17 Westoll (1949) studied the evolution of what? Lung fish 13 of 17 The living species of lungfish have remained largely unchanged for how many years? 250 Million 14 of 17 Long periods of no evolutionary change are PUNCTUATED by rapid evolution when SPECIATION occurs is the theory of what? Punctuated equilibrium 15 of 17 Evidence for Lake Turkana in Africa is the best at showing what? Punctuated evolution 16 of 17 Who are at greater risk of extinction? Specialists 17 of 17
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