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    This assignment requires a 3 page essay answering questions about Darwinian evolution. The document lists 25 questions to address in the essay, covering topics like natural selection, evidence for evolution, units of selection, genotype vs phenotype, coevolution, the Hardy-Weinberg principle, sources of genetic variation, fitness, homologous structures, genetic drift, adaptation, convergent evolution, adaptive radiation, speciation, alleles, selection, reproductive barriers, species concepts, continental drift theory, mutations, non-random mating, clinal variation, and character displacement.

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    This assignment requires a 3 page essay answering questions about Darwinian evolution. The document lists 25 questions to address in the essay, covering topics like natural selection, evidence for evolution, units of selection, genotype vs phenotype, coevolution, the Hardy-Weinberg principle, sources of genetic variation, fitness, homologous structures, genetic drift, adaptation, convergent evolution, adaptive radiation, speciation, alleles, selection, reproductive barriers, species concepts, continental drift theory, mutations, non-random mating, clinal variation, and character displacement.

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    Darwinian Evolution, 3 pages

    Questions to Evolution and speciation


    1. What is natural selection?
    2. How is natural selection measured?
    3. What is the name of Darwin’s famous book that he released 1859?
    4. Which evidence do we have for the evolution?
    5. What is the unit of selection?
    6. Discuss genotype versus phenotype, and what is phenotypic plasticity?
    7. Describe coevolution and give one or two examples?
    8. Explain The Hardy-Weinberg principle and why it is important.
    9. Natural selection works on variation between individuals, discuss the sources of genetic
    variation?
    10. What is fitness?
    11. Explain homologous structure
    12. What is genetic drift? How does it relate to founder effect and a population bottleneck?
    13. Are organisms adapted to their environment?
    14. What is convergent evolution?
    15. What is adaptive radiation?
    16. Compare allopatric and sympatric speciation.
    17. Define allele, locus, homozygous, heterozygous, diploid, haploid, meiosis and gene
    pool.
    18. Contrast directional, stabilizing and disruptive selection.
    19. Give examples of prezygotic and postzygotic barriers.
    20. Contrast the biological and phylogenetical species concepts.
    21. What is the Continental Drift Theory?
    22. What is a mutation?
    23. Describe two types of non-random mating.
    24. What is clinal variation?
    25. What is character displacement? Give example.

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