Vocab

Cards (11)

  • Stabilizing Selection - When the average is selected for
  • Disruptive Selection - when the non-average are selected for
  • Directional Selection - when one of the non-average is selected for
  • Genetic Drift - wrong place at wrong time
  • Lamarckian - What human evolution is called due to Lamarck thinking acquired traits were passed down
  • Cultural Evolution is much more faster than biological evolution
  • Vestigial - little to no function, gives clues about evolutionary history
  • Analogous - structures performing similar functions
  • Homologous - Similar in structure, different functions in different organisms
  • Convergent - organisms having similar functions due to similar environment (analogous)
  • Divergent - Organisms sharing similar functions due to common ancestor