Ecology and Evolution Exam 1 Study Guide Solutions
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Course
Evolution
Institution
Evolution
Ecology and Evolution Exam 1 Study
Guide Solutions
Darwin - ANSWER-his insights formed the foundations of evolutionary history contributions
Darwin - ANSWER-he went to medical school in Edinburgh and was interested in nature
Darwin - ANSWER-trained to become a clergyman at Cambridge
Voyage of ...
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck - ANSWER✔✔-his idea was not supported: people were blinded in an accident
would have blind children
modern genetics - ANSWER✔✔-phenotypic changes acquired during the lifetime do not result in genetic
changes
Descent with modification (evolution) - ANSWER✔✔-once Darwin accepted that Earth must be very old
after gathering fossils on his voyage he came up with the idea of:
descent with modification (evolution) - ANSWER✔✔-idea that allowed Darwins whole theory to begin to
take shape
descent with modification (evolution) - ANSWER✔✔-idea that species are not fixed, but change over
time
speciation - ANSWER✔✔-formation of a new species
speciation - ANSWER✔✔-occurs because the isolated population evolved independent of the mainland
population
Alfred Russel Wallace - ANSWER✔✔-Darwin was prompted to go public with his ideas because of whom
Alfred Russel Wallace - ANSWER✔✔-a letter from whom proposed similar evolutionary ideas to Darwin
Alfred Russel Wallace - ANSWER✔✔-who suggested these ideas similar to Darwin
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