BIOL 1070 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Antimicrobial Resistance, Population Bottleneck, Gene Flow

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOL 1070
• Professor: Shoshanah Jacobs

Document Summary

Practice interpreting observations and formulating hypotheses related to natural selection. How it works and evolution of complex adaptations. Postulates = claim believed to be true for the sake of the argument. Key concepts and terminology associated with adaptation and specialization. Major processes (natural selection and adaptation) involved in evolution of complex adaptations e. g. , mantle lures. Understand contributions of speciation and extinction to biodiversity. Challenges involved in defining species and importance of gene flow/genetic isolation in speciation. Summarize gene flow, genetic isolation, and barriers in context of speciation. Distinguish extirpation from extinction and the consequences for conservation. Enormous diversity of species occupying wide range of different habitats. As a result of processes generating new biological diversity (and eliminating existing diversity) Organisms are well-suited to life in their particular habitat. As a result of long periods of evolution via natural selection. Genetic drift = changes due to chance, specifically founder effects and population bottlenecks.