Evolution Vocabulary
Chapter 22
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
Charles Darwin
Natural Selection
Evolutionary adaptation
Evolution
Scala naturae
Carolus Linnaeus
Taxonomy
Fossils
Sedimentary rock
Stratum
Paleontology
Georges Cuvier
Catastrophism
James Hutton
Gradualism
Charles Lyell
Uniformitarianism
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Theory of use & disuse
Theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics
H.M.S. Beagle
Alfred Russell Wallace
Descent with modification
Ernst Mayr
Thomas Malthus
Artificial Selection
Homology
Homologous structures
Vestigial organs
Molecular homologies
Biogeography
Endemic
Theory
Chapter 23
Microevolution
Population genetics
Modern synthesis
Population
Gene pool
Fixed allele
Hardy-Weinberg theorem
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Conditions needed for H-W equilibrium
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Mutation
Point mutation
Gene duplication
Sexual recombination
Genetic drift
Bottleneck effect
Founder effect
Gene flow
Phenotypic polymorphism
Genetic polymorphism
Average heterozygosity
Geographic variation
Cline
Fitness
Relative fitness
Directional selection
Disruptive selection
Stabilizing selection
Diploidy
Balancing selection
Balanced polymorphism
Heterozygote advantage
Frequency-dependent selection
Neutral variation
Sexual selection
Sexual dimorphism
Intrasexual selection
Intersexual selection
Reproductive handicap of sex
Chapter 24
Speciation
Microevolution
Macroevolution
Anagenesis
Cladogenesis
Species
Biological species concept
Reproductive isolation
Prezygotic barriers
Postzygotic barriers
Habitat isolation
Temporal isolation
Behavioral isolation
Mechanical isolation
Gametic isolation
Reduced hybrid viability
Reduced hybrid fertility
Hybrid breakdown
Allopatric speciation
Sympatric speciation
Mechanisms of sympatric speciation
Polyploidy
Autoployploid
Allopolyploid
Adaptive radiation
Punctuated equilibrium model of speciation
Gradualism model of speciation
Stasis
Heterochrony
Allometric growth
Paedomorphosis
Homeotic genes
Hox genes
Species selection
Chapter 25
Phylogeny
Systematics
Molecular systematics
Fossil record
Fossil types
Morphological homology
Molecular homology
Analogy (analogous structures)
Divergent evolution
Convergent evolution
Homoplasies
Molecular homoplasy
Taxonomy
Binomial nomenclature
Specific epithet
Genus (genera)
Family
Order
Class
Phylum
Kingdom
Domain
Phylogenetic trees
Cladogram
Clade
Cladistics
Monophyletic grouping
Paraphyletic grouping
Polyphyletic grouping
Shared primitive character
Shared derived character
Outgroup
Ingroup
Character table
Phylogram
Ultrametric tree
Principle of Maximum parsimony
Principle of Maximum likelihood
Gene duplication
Orthologous genes
Paralogous genes
Molecular clock
Neutral theory