Evolution,+etc.

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//**Topics covered**//

 * Bacterial and viral reproduction
 * Gene frequencies in populations
 * Theory of evolution by natural selection
 * Speciation
 * Origin of life
 * Chi square statistical analysis

//**Vocabulary/ concepts**//
bacterial reproduction lytic/ lysogenic cycles operon (inducible vs. repressible) prion virus (structure) viroid
 * __Ch. 18__**

descent with modification evolution (what is the evidence?) Hutton, Lyell, Lamarck, Darwin natural selection
 * __Ch. 22__**

__**Ch. 23**__ gene pool genetic drift Hardy-Weinberg (equation, plus what assumptions are made?) heterozygote advantage modes of selection mutation population species

__**Ch. 24**__ gradualism polyploidy prezygotic/ postzygotic barriers (what are they?) punctuated equilibrium speciation (allopatric/ sympatric)

three-domain system protobionts stromatolites
 * __Ch. 26__**