Bio 150 final jmu - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Population - ANSWER A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area Purpose of variability within a population - ANSWER - some genetic variants have advantages over others - natural selection can act on variation (if needed) genetic divergence - ANSWER the process in which two or more populations of an ancestral species accumulate independent genetic changes (mutations) through time, often after the populations have become reproductively isolated for some ...

main parts of the flow chart - ANSWER exploration testing ideas community analysis and feedback benefits and outcomes community analysis and feedback examples - ANSWER replication, publication, discussing with colleagues, theory building testing ideas examples - ANSWER gather and interpret data benefits and outcomes examples - ANSWER develop technology, inform policy, and build knowledge exploration and discovery examples - ANSWER explore the literature, ask questions, make observ...

main parts of the flow chart - ANSWER exploration testing ideas community analysis and feedback benefits and outcomes community analysis and feedback examples - ANSWER replication, publication, discussing with colleagues, theory building testing ideas examples - ANSWER gather and interpret data benefits and outcomes examples - ANSWER develop technology, inform policy, and build knowledge exploration and discovery examples - ANSWER explore the literature, ask questions, make observ...

adaptation - ANSWER inherited trait that enhances the fitness of an individual in a given environment fitness - ANSWER the relative survival and reproduction of one variant compared to others in the same population selective pressure - ANSWER