| 1 | genetic variation | | _____ | those with too few or too many chromosomes |
| 2 | epistasis | | _____ | Single gene influences many traits (can have multiple phenotypic effects) |
| 3 | polygenic inheritance | | _____ | ultimate source of genetic variation |
| 4 | pleiotropy | | _____ | failure of homologous chromosomes to separate |
| 5 | non-disjuction | | _____ | opinions regarding the struggle to survive helped to inspire Charles Darwin in his development of the Theory of Natural Selection |
| 6 | Lamarck | | _____ | extreme phenotype is favored over other phenotypes |
| 7 | Malthus | | _____ | one gene affects the action of another gene |
| 8 | gene flow | | _____ | process in which an individual organism adjusts to a gradual change in its environment (such as a change in temperature, humidity, photoperiod, or pH) |
| 9 | genetic drift | | _____ | refer to differences between individuals or to differences between populations |
| 10 | heterozygote advantage | | _____ | Characters in a population vary in gradations along a continuum; referred to as quantitative characters |
| 11 | co-evolution | | _____ | trisomy |
| 12 | directional selection | | _____ | the transfer of alleles or genes from one population to another |
| 13 | stabilizing selection | | _____ | heterozygote genotype has a higher relative fitness than either the homozygote dominant or homozygote recessive genotype |
| 14 | disruptive selection | | _____ | mechanism to explain evolution: inheritance of acquired characters |
| 15 | acclimation | | _____ | he change of a biological object triggered by the change of a related object |
| 16 | mutation | | _____ | example of epistasis |
| 17 | aneuploid zygotes | | _____ | variation in the relative frequency of different genotypes |
| 18 | Down Syndrome | | _____ | select against extreme values |
| 19 | Fur Coloration | | _____ | extreme values for a trait are favored over intermediate values |