Scientific Questions, Evolutionary Relatedness, and Living in Groups

Vocabulary flashcards covering open scientific questions, DNA analysis of evolutionary relatedness, cellular respiration, and the advantages of group living in populations.

Open Question

A type of question that is considered scientific because it involves critical thinking.

Evolutionary Relatedness via DNA

The practice of taking DNA samples from multiple populations and comparing sequence similarity to determine which organisms share a recent common ancestor.

Cellular Respiration

The process that takes energy from photosynthesis and makes it usable so it can be passed through the food chain.

Group Living Advantages

Benefits for a population of organisms, such as hunting together to gain bigger prey and raising young together.

Dreher, Corinna & Prohi, Holke (2014)

Authors of the study "Multiple sexual signals: calls over color for mate attraction in an aposematic, color-diverse poison frog" published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.