Evolution Exam 1 Study Guide Solutions
Biological evolution - ANSWER-Any change in the inherited traits of a population that occurs from
one generation to the next (i.e., over a time period longer than the lifetime of an individual in the
population)
Change has to be passed down
Encoded in gen...
When humans select for certain traits in a population, breeding animals so that those traits become
more common or exaggerated
Zoonosis - ANSWER✔✔-The process of infectious disease transmission between species
When a disease jumps from an animal to a human
Viral reassortment - ANSWER✔✔-Occurs when genetic material from different strains gets mixed into
new combinations within a single individual
Several strains of a virus come together, become more potent, can then attack humans
Charles Darwin - ANSWER✔✔-English naturalist
Trained at medical school
Traveled on the HMS beagle in 1931
Collected many fossils, living organisms
Studied geology
Developed the theory of evolution (descent with modification)
Published "On the Origin of Species"
Influenced by many who came before him
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