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The following study questions are designed to help you think about the lecture material. They are not comprehensive questions.  Exam material is NOT limited to the topics in study questions and will not follow this format. 
  
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What is speciation?
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==Lecture 1 ( Jan 20, 2011) ==
  
What is one way relationships among organisms can be depicted?
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1- What is speciation?
  
What are the three main questions evolutionary biologists study?
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2- What are three ways relationships among organisms can be depicted or described?
  
What is homology?
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3- What are the three main questions evolutionary biologists study?
  
Alfred Wallace noticed a type of organism in  Bali that were very different from the species of the same organism in Lombok even though they are very close islands.  What organism was it?
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4- What is homology?
  
There are only a few thousand described species of bacteria, however, there are over a million estimated species.  What type of information is allowing scientists to describe more species of bacteria than at any other time before?
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5- There are only a few thousand described species of bacteria, however, there are over a million estimated species.  What type of information is allowing scientists to describe more species of bacteria than at any other time before?
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The following study questions are designed to help you think about the lecture material. They are not comprehensive questions. Exam material is NOT limited to the topics in study questions and will not follow this format.


Lecture 1 ( Jan 20, 2011)

1- What is speciation?

2- What are three ways relationships among organisms can be depicted or described?

3- What are the three main questions evolutionary biologists study?

4- What is homology?

5- There are only a few thousand described species of bacteria, however, there are over a million estimated species. What type of information is allowing scientists to describe more species of bacteria than at any other time before?

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