Evolution/Quiz

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1. The process of changing, transforming or converting one species into another, or from one species into another, is called?

of species.

2. True or False, Fitness in the theory of natural selection is measured by an organism's ability to survive and reproduce, which determines the size of its genetic contribution to the next generation.

TRUE
FALSE

3. The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force" and cannot be explained scientifically is called?

.

4. The belief that evolution proceeds at a steady pace, without the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next is called?

.

5. True or False, The central concept of natural selection is the evolutionary fitness of an organism.

TRUE
FALSE

6. Which of the following is not a characteristic of neo-Lamarckism?

inheritance based on environmental factors
genetic changes can be influenced
genetic changes can be directed
an abridgment of Lamarckism
environmental factors
an epigenome

7. The belief that evolution operates by the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next is called?

.

8. Which of the following are phenomena associated with essentialism?

essential characteristics that are unalterable
all things can be precisely defined or described
a word should have a single definition
properties without which a tiger is no longer a tiger
mediator dependence
core promoter
RNA polymerase II holoenzyme complex

9. The belief that evolution does not proceed at a steady pace, but instead is characterized by periods of stasis, punctuated by brief (within several hundred-thousand years) periods of rapid change is called?

.

10. True or False, The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression is called a reversion.

TRUE
FALSE

11. Complete the text:

A is any philosophical account which holds that final causes in nature.

12. True or False, A series of similar mutations in successive generations, producing evolutionary change is called metagenesis.

TRUE
FALSE

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Research

Hypothesis:

  1. Hominins could have evolved before the dinosaurs.

Control groups

This is an image of a Lewis rat. Credit: Charles River Laboratories.

The findings demonstrate a statistically systematic change from the status quo or the control group.

“In the design of experiments, treatments [or special properties or characteristics] are applied to [or observed in] experimental units in the treatment group(s).[1] In comparative experiments, members of the complementary group, the control group, receive either no treatment or a standard treatment.[2]"[3]

Proof of concept

Def. a “short and/or incomplete realization of a certain method or idea to demonstrate its feasibility"[4] is called a proof of concept.

Def. evidence that demonstrates that a concept is possible is called proof of concept.

The proof-of-concept structure consists of

  1. background,
  2. procedures,
  3. findings, and
  4. interpretation.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Klaus Hinkelmann, Oscar Kempthorne (2008). Design and Analysis of Experiments, Volume I: Introduction to Experimental Design (2nd ed.). Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-72756-9. http://books.google.com/?id=T3wWj2kVYZgC&printsec=frontcover.
  2. ↑ R. A. Bailey (2008). Design of comparative experiments. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-68357-9. http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521683579.
  3. ↑ "Treatment and control groups, In: Wikipedia". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. May 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  4. ↑ "proof of concept, In: Wiktionary". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. November 10, 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  5. ↑ Ginger Lehrman and Ian B Hogue, Sarah Palmer, Cheryl Jennings, Celsa A Spina, Ann Wiegand, Alan L Landay, Robert W Coombs, Douglas D Richman, John W Mellors, John M Coffin, Ronald J Bosch, David M Margolis (August 13, 2005). "Depletion of latent HIV-1 infection in vivo: a proof-of-concept study". Lancet 366 (9485): 549-55. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67098-5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1894952/. Retrieved 2012-05-09.

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