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How did Darwin’s observations and readings lead him to discover the theory of evolution by natural selection?

Describe the five conditions of a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

Describe the following agents of change that cause deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium: mutations, gene flow, genetic drift, and natural selection.

Describe evidence for evolution.

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Evolution and Speciation

Define evolution. Why is it inaccurate for creationists to tout evolution as “just a theory”? (Think about what theory actually means in scientific terms vs. the use of the word “theory” in casual conversations).

Explain what the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium shows and describe the conditions necessary for the equilibrium to be maintained.

Explain what factors cause populations to diverge from the Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium and how each factor causes the change.

Describe how species evolve via natural selection. (Be sure to discuss the key aspects of natural selection: variation, heredity differential survival and reproductive success in your answer).

What does speciation mean and how can it occur?

What does adaptation mean? Why is natural selection the only agent of evolutionary change that leads to adaptation? (Think about how natural selection works).

Is natural selection all powerful? Can it create any variation that you or I could think of? Why or why not?

Differentiate between natural and sexual selection.

What is reproductive isolation?

Describe prezygotic and postzygotic mechanisms of reproductive isolation and explain how they can contribute to speciation.

Distinguish between allopatric and sympatric speciation and explain how each leads to new species.

What is adaptive radiation?

Be able to read and interpret phylogenetic trees: be able to determine which species are most closely related to each other, what nodes represent, where common ancestors would be located, etc.

What are paraphyletic, polyphyletic and monophyletic groups within a phylogeny?

The five conditions that must be fulfilled in order for apopulation to be in Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium are listed below.After each listed condition, explain what effect a violation of thecondition would have on the genetic structure of thepopulation.
(a) There is no gene flow.
(b) The population is large.
(c) There are no mutations.
(d) There is random mating.
(e) There is no natural selection.

1 Explain at least 3 ways that selection can preserve genetic variation.

2 Explain how selection affects differently: dominant vs recessive traits; homozygotes vs heterozygotes; and when frequency-dependence is a factor.

3 What is the source of genetic variation? How does meiosis contribute to maintenance of genetic diversity?

4Describe the preconditions for natural selection to operate and what the results of natural selection will be.

5 Use the HW equations to solve simple population genetics problems with and without selection.

6 Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium tells us the conditions under which populations will not evolve. So what types of things may lead to a population evolving? How do these things lead to populations evolving (gene frequencies changing)?

7 When is genetic drift the strongest?

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