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7913393289natural selectionA population can change over time if individuals with more fit traits leave more offspring than less fit individuals.0
7913393290evolutionary adaptationAn accumulation of inherited characteristics that enhance organisms' ability to survive and reproduce in specific environments.1
7913393291artificial selectionHumans modifying species for desired traits through selective breeding.2
7913393292fitnessbetter chance of surviving in a given environment and will leave more offspring.3
7913393293homologous structuresSame structure, different function. Comes from common ancestor.4
7913393294analogous structuresDifferent structure, same function. Comes from common environmental challenges, NOT common ancestor.5
7913393295vestigial structuresAre little or no importance to organism, but remain from an ancestor.6
7913393296populationGroup of individuals of the same species living in the same area.7
7913393297gene poolAll the genes in a given population at a given time.8
7913393298allele frequencyProportion of an allele in a gene pool.9
7913393299Hardy-Weinberg TheoremHelps measure changes in allele frequencies over time . Provides an "ideal" population to use as a basis of comparison.10
7913393300mutationChanges in nucleotide sequence in DNA.11
7913393301genetic driftChange in allele frequencies due to chance, not natural selection.12
7913393302bottleneck effectWhen a population has been dramatically reduced, and the gene pool is no longer reflective of the original population's.13
7913393303founder effectWhen a small number of individuals colonize a new area; new gene pool not reflective of original population.14
7913393304gene flowWhen a population gains or loses alleles, movement of alleles into or out of a population due to the migration of individuals to or from the population.15
7913393305genetic variationHeritable variations in a population.16
7913393306heterozygous advantageMaintains recessive alleles in a population. (example: sickle cell anemia resistance to malaria)17
7913393307sexual selectionNatural selection for mating success.18
7913393308directional selectionNatural selection in which individuals at one end of the phenotypic range survive or reproduce more successfully than do other individuals.19
7913393309stabilizing selectionNatural selection that favors intermediate variants by acting against extreme phenotypes.20
7913393310disruptive selectionNatural selection that favors individuals with either extreme of a trait and may lead to speciation.21
7913393311cladogramShows patterns of shared characteristics.22
7913393312speciationOrigin of new species and the source of biological diversity.23
7913393313biological species conceptSpecies is a group of populations whose members have the potential to produce fertile offspring.24
7913393314reproductive isolationBarriers that impede members of two different species from producing fertile offspring. examples: prezygotic, temporal, habitat, behavioral, mechanical, gametic, postzygotic, reduced hybrid viability/sterility25
7913393315allopatric speciationThe formation of new species caused by separation by geography26
7913393316sympatric speciationspeciation without a divided population.27
79133933175 Conditions of Hardy Weinberg(1) No natural selection (2) Large population (3) Random mating (4) No gene flow (5) No mutations28
7913393318convergent evolutionEvolution that occurs when unrelated species occupy the same environment and are subjected to similar selective pressures and show similar adaptations (known as analogous structures).29
7913393319divergent evolutionEvolution that occurs when related species evolve in different patterns due to different selective pressures and show differing adaptations (known as homologous structures)30
7913393320Miller-Urey ExperimentChemical experiment that shows that it is possible to form complex organic molecules form inorganic molecules in the absence of life. (primordial soup hypothesis)31
7913393321RNA world hypothesisRNA could have been the earliest genetic material32

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