BIO 200 Chapter 21 & 22

Who came up with a similar explanation of diversity around the same time as Darwin?

How do favorable traits accumulate in a population?

What was the name of the ship Darwin traveled on during his famous voyage?

What percentage of human DNA consists of introns?

Structures that look similar but have different ancestral origins

What makes each individual's genetic profile different?

Structures that common ancestry / developmental origin; but current differences in structure and function

How many genes can eukaryotes have?

What is a GENOME?

In ancient Greece, who organized life on a "ladder" of increasing complexity?

Which scientist's essay Influenced Darwin's theory of natural selection?

What percentage of human DNA actually codes for proteins?

Genomics helps understand:

What does PROTEOMICS study?

What characterizes Simple Sequence DNA?

How many genes do free-living prokaryotes typically have?

How do RETROTRANSPOSONS move?

What can genomics reveal about evolution?

What makes genomic research powerful?

Genomic studies can help identify:

Define: "Study of whole sets of genes and their interactions"

Who discovered transposable elements?

Who proposed that geological processes remain consistent over time?

What did Lamarck propose about life changes?

‘useless’ parts that were useful in ancestors e.g. Pelvis bones in whales or snakes

Human genome size is approximately:

What is METAGENOMICS?

Why can the PROTEOME be larger than the genome?

Define: "All the genetic material in an organism"

What is a SHORT TANDEM REPEAT (STR)?

Who classified life in a hierarchy and developed binomial naming?

Genome is often larger than Proteome

Darwin's key idea of biological change is best described as: