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| What are our traits influenced by? |
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| What is our DNA packaged as? |
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| Gene codes for assembling amino acids |
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| All species are made up of different combinations of what? |
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| In meiosis, how many alleles does each member of a pair carry? |
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| One. Each egg and sperm contain one. |
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| When are members of gene pairs reunited? |
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| Gene pairs (alleles) reunite during fertilization |
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| how much genetic information comes from mom? |
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| What are homologous chromosomes? |
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| One from a male parent and its partner from a female parent |
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| Location for a specific gene on a specific type of chromosome |
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| Does a pair of alleles that influence the same characteristic have the same DNA? |
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| No, it varies slightly, so they produce somewhat different expressions of the same trait. |
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| What is a heterozygous pair of alleles? |
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| A pair that are different |
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| What do we call a pair of alleles which are identical? |
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| How does the instructor define evolution? |
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| A change in allele frequency over time |
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| What are the five reasons for changes in allele frequency? |
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Natural selection
Mutation in the gametes
Gene flow
Genetic drift
Sexual selection |
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| What is natural selection? |
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| Some traits influenced by genes offer an advantage for both survival and reproduction. |
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| you can't pass on your alleles if you don't what? |
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| What is mutation in the gametes? |
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| Neutral mutations or those that increase/fitness/offer benefits |
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| Exchange of genetic material between two populations |
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| In small populations, some genes could become more common than others just by random chance |
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| What is sexual selection? |
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| Traits which are purely selected by mates |
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| What other names is sociobiology theory called by? |
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Behavioral ecology
Evolutionary psychology |
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| What does behavioral ecology say about social behaviors? |
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| They are a result of evolution |
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| Who created sociobiology theory? |
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| is behavioral ecology the same as genetic determinism? |
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| What are misinterpretations of EO Wilson? |
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it might be used to falsely justify racial supremacy & scientific racism
(Nazi's) |
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| What is the eugenics movement? |
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| Advocated regulated marriage and restricted family sizes |
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| Who coined the term eugenics in 1883? |
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| When did America have genocide? |
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| 1930's - sterilizing persons deemed unfit for society |
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| What was one problem with the intelligence tests which deemed people have low IQ and be sterilized? |
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| They were culturally biased |
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| Which scientist collected skulls to rank races and filled them with mustard seeds to calculate brain size? |
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| What makes Eugenics and related applications bad science? 3 answers |
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1 - genetic determinism assumed
2- pre-determined outcome assumed
3) social & economic causation ignored |
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| What two questions will this class seek to answer about behavior and biology? |
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Do our genes influence social behavior? How much?
How much does evolutionary past influence behavior today? |
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| What theory did Richard Dawkins propose? |
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| What are three tenets of selfish gene theory? |
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Fitness
Individual selfishness
Inclusive fitness |
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| The number of offspring in the gene pool equals better reproductive fitness |
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| What does individual selfishness cause? |
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| What is inclusive fitness? |
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| Individuals are aiding others that are more closely related to them or giving reciprocal favors |
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| What is Paul Ehrlich known for? |
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| Having a midpoint between Eldridge and Dawkins |
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| What does Paul Ehrlich posit? (3) |
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Gene involvement in human capacity for culture
Genetic predisposition for behavioral variation in humans
Genes do not determine behavior but provide behavioral flexibility |
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| Do behaviors of organisms increase or decrease their fitness? |
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| What influences behavior? (two) |
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| Can we dismiss genetic components to behavior due to fear of misapplication? |
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| Can we state than human behavior is genetically determined? |
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| What are the roots for the theoretical orientation of behavioral ecology? |
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Evolutionary theory
Sociobiology |
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