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General Biology: Evolution, Diversity, and the Tree of Life (Chapters 21–34 Study Guide)

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Genomes

  • Gene Families
    02:06
  • Transposable Elements and Pseudogenes
    03:57
  • Protein Encoding Genes
    02:11

Introduction to Evolution and Natural Selection

  • Guided course
    Introduction to Evolution and Natual Selection Example 1
    03:22
  • Guided course
    Introduction to Evolution and Natual Selection Example 2
    04:28
  • Guided course
    Typological vs. Population Thinking
    03:56

Natural Selection and Evolution

  • Natural Selection Causes Adaptation
    07:48
  • Adaptation Improves Fitness
    02:57
  • Evolution can Occur Via Natural Selection
    04:32

Evolution of Populations

  • Guided course
    Evolution of Populations Example 1
    03:33
  • Guided course
    Introduction to Evolution of Populations
    05:14

The Hardy-Weinberg Principle

  • Guided course
    Predicting Allele or Genotype Frequencies Using Hardy-Weinberg
    03:31
  • Guided course
    Testing if a Population is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
    08:26
  • Guided course
    B. Calculating Allele Frequency from a Genotype Frequency
    03:20

Introduction to Speciation

  • Guided course
    Introduction to Speciation
    03:03

The Biological Species Concept

  • Guided course
    The Biological Species Concept Example 3
    02:15
  • Guided course
    Prezygotic Barriers
    05:18
  • Guided course
    The Biological Species Concept Example 1
    01:27

Allopatric and Sympatric Speciation

  • Guided course
    Allopatric and Sympatric Speciation
    02:46
  • Guided course
    Allopatric and Sympatric Speciation Example 1
    04:25
  • Guided course
    Allopatric Speciation
    03:53

Adaptive Radiation

  • Guided course
    Developmental Genes & Regulation
    06:12
  • Guided course
    Cambrian Explosion
    05:10
  • Guided course
    Adaptive Radiation Example 1
    06:17

Origin of Life

  • Guided course
    Origin of Life Example 1
    03:23
  • Guided course
    Events that Lead to the Formation of Cells
    06:38

Endosymbiotic Theory

  • Endosymbiotic Theory
    06:58

History of Life on Earth

  • Guided course
    History of Life on Earth Example 1
    04:53
  • Guided course
    Geologic Record
    07:18

Introduction to Phylogeny

  • Guided course
    Binomial Nomenclature
    02:32
  • Guided course
    Systematics
    06:57
  • Guided course
    Introduction to Phylogeny Example 1
    01:31

Phylogeny

  • Guided course
    Phylogeny Example 3
    04:12
  • Guided course
    Parts of a Phylogenetic Tree
    05:16
  • Guided course
    Phylogeny Example 1
    06:11

Building Phylogenetic Trees

  • Guided course
    Shared Derived Characters
    05:42
  • Guided course
    Parsimony
    06:46
  • Guided course
    Building Phylogenetic Trees Example 1
    04:35

Cladistics

  • Guided course
    Cladistics Example 1
    03:52
  • Guided course
    Monophyletic, Paraphyletic, & Polyphyletic Group
    06:37

Phylogenetics and Genome Evolution

  • Guided course
    The Molecular Clock
    05:13
  • Guided course
    Homologs: Orthologs & Paralogs
    05:29

Introduction to Prokaryotes

  • Introduction to Archaea
    04:39
  • Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells
    05:54
  • Features of Bacterial Cells
    03:54

Land Plants

  • Land Plants - 4
    06:17
  • Land Plants - 2
    12:57
  • Land Plants - 3
    03:36

Seedless Vascular Plants

  • Seedless Vascular Plants
    06:08

Seed Plants

  • Seed Plants - 1
    06:26
  • Seed Plants - 3
    05:26
  • Seed Plants - 4
    10:21

Fungi

  • Fungi - 1
    08:59
  • Fungi - 2
    09:57

Overview of Animals

  • Overview of Animals - 2
    06:59
  • Overview of Animals - 5
    04:57
  • Overview of Animals - 3
    12:01

Porifera and Cnidaria

  • Porifera and Cnidaria
    10:20

Lophotrochozoans

  • Lophotrochozoans
    11:32
  • Mollusks and Annelids
    06:13

Ecdysozoans

  • Nematodes
    02:05
  • Crustaceans and Hexapods
    13:55
  • Arthropods and Chelicerata
    08:00

Echinoderms

  • Echinoderms
    03:39

Chordates

  • Chordates
    05:34
  • Bony Fish
    05:21
  • Tetrapods
    05:57

Aminotes

  • Birds and Synapsids
    04:14
  • Marsupials and Placental Mammals
    02:12
  • Mammals and Monotremes
    02:40

Primates and Homonids

  • Homonids
    11:30
  • Primates
    05:26