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Copy-number variation (CNV)

refers to the phenomenon where the number of copies of a particular gene or genomic region varies from one individual to another in a population. These variations can result from duplications or deletions of segments of DNA and may play a significant role in genetic diversity, disease susceptibility, and evolutionary processes.

What is biodiversity?

The product of evolution shaped and sustained by ecological interactions among organisms and their environment.

What does the Cambrian explosion hypothesis suggest?

Rapid evolution during the Cambrian period led to the differences we see today.

What is adaptive radiation?

A period of unusually rapid evolutionary diversification in which natural selection accelerates the rates of both speciation and adaptation.

What are the criteria for adaptive radiation?

Common ancestry, trait-environment correlation, trait utility, rapid diversification.

What defines a population in ecology?

A group of individuals of the same species that live, interact, and interbreed in a particular area at the same time.

What are the three key features of populations?

Size, range, and density.

What is a life table?

A table that presents information about how many individuals of a cohort are alive at different points in time.

What is survivorship in ecology?

The proportion of individuals from the initial cohort that survive to each successive stage of the life cycle.

What defines R-strategists?

Species that produce large numbers of offspring but provide few resources for their support.

What is the carrying capacity (K) in population ecology?

The maximum number of individuals a habitat can support.

What is logistic growth?

A pattern of population growth where growth potential decreases as the population size approaches K.

What is mutualism?

An interaction between species that benefits both parties.

Define the term 'niche' in ecology.

The combination of a species' physical habitat and its ecological role in that habitat.

What is primary succession?

The process of ecological recovery starting from a state with no life present.

What describes the 10% Rule in ecology?

Only about 10% of the energy in biomass at one trophic level is incorporated into the biomass of the next level.

What is coevolution?

The reciprocal adaptations between closely interacting species.

What is the impact of invasive species on ecosystems?

They can expand dramatically when introduced to new areas, often with devastating consequences for native species.

What is the Red Queen hypothesis?

The idea that organisms must constantly evolve to keep up with their environment and competitors.

What is the latitudinal diversity gradient?

The pattern that biodiversity increases from the poles to the tropics, with higher species richness in warmer, tropical regions.