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| Name of the NEET sub-section | Topic | Flashcards helpful for |
| Biology | Evolution | NEET exams |
| Evolution | |
| Miller-Urey experiment | Chemical origin of life
Electric discharge in a container with CH4, H2, NH3 and water vapour at 800℃ |
| Alexander Oparin | Written the book “Origin of life”
Oparin and Haldane proposed that life existed from organic molecules |
| Divergent evolution | Evolution from common ancestry due to different adaptations
E.g. Homologous organs, forelimbs of mammals, vertebrate heart, brain, tendrils and thorn or Cucurbita, Bougainvillea, etc. |
| Convergent evolution | Similarities in the different structures due to performing the same functions
E.g. Analogous organs, wings of birds and butterflies, eyes of octopus and mammals, root and stem modifications in sweet potato and potato |
| Adaptive radiation | Diversification of a species into new forms due to environmental changes and resource availability
E.g. Finches in Galapagos island, marsupials in Australia |
| Hugo De Vries | Mutation theory of evolution
He worked on evening primrose Saltation- single step large mutation causing speciation |
| Population genetics | Study of gene frequency in a population
Gene frequency- the proportion of alleles of a gene in the population |
| Hardy Weinberg Principle | The allelic frequency in a population remains constant
Factors affecting genetic equilibrium are- gene migration, genetic drift, mutation, recombination and natural selection p2 + q2 + 2pq =1 p2 = AA, q2 = aa, 2pq = Aa |
| Founder effect | Reduction in genetic variation, when a small group of individuals get isolated from a large population |
| Ichthyosaurs | Fish-like reptiles
200 mya |
| Tyrannosaurus rex | The largest dinosaurs
20 feet in height |
| Homo habilis | First human-like, hominid
2.3-1.65 mya Brain capacity- 650-800cc Did not eat meat |
| Homo erectus | Fossils discovered in 1891 in Java
1.5 mya Brain capacity- 900cc Ate meat |
| Neanderthal | Lived around 1,000,00-40,000 years ago
East and Central Asia Brain capacity- 1400cc |
| Homo sapiens | Evolved around 75,000-10,000 years ago
Brain capacity- 1350cc |
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