Genetics and Evolution
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- What is the theory of evolution by natural selection?
- Why do individuals of a species show variation?
- What happens to individuals with characteristics suited to the environment?
- How are desirable characteristics passed on?
- Why was Darwin’s theory of evolution not accepted initially?
- What was a reason for insufficient acceptance of Darwin's theory?
- What was unknown at the time of Darwin's theory?
- What was Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of inheritance?
- What is speciation?
- What causes two populations to become separate species?
- What is the definition of a species?
- What is the process of speciation through geographic isolation?
- What does geographic isolation prevent?
- What happens due to different selection pressures in isolated populations?
- What is the outcome of prolonged geographic isolation?
- Why is genetic variation important in speciation?
- How did Mendel study inheritance?
- Why was Mendel’s work not recognized until after his death?
- What hindered the communication of Mendel's work?
- What are two kinds of evidence used to show evolution?
- How are fossils formed?
- What happens to parts of organisms that decay?
- How are traces of organisms preserved?
- Why are there few traces of early life-forms?
- How do fossils provide evidence for evolution?
- What do branches in evolutionary trees indicate?
- What is extinction?
- What factors may lead to extinctions?
- What enables bacteria to evolve quickly?
- What is the process of antibiotic resistance in bacteria?
- What happens to resistant strains of bacteria?
- Why are resistant strains of bacteria dangerous?
- How can the rate of antibiotic resistance be reduced?
- Why is it difficult to keep up with emerging resistance strains?