41562038 | Linnaeus | founder of taxonomy | |
41562039 | Taxonomy | branch of biology that names and classifies | |
41562040 | Cuvier | developed paleontology, believed in catastrophism | |
41562041 | Catastrophism | speculating that each boundary between strata represents a catastrophe | |
41562042 | Gradualism | the model of evolution in which gradual change over a long period of time leads to species formation | |
41562043 | Lyell | brought about uniformitarianism | |
41562044 | uniformitarianism | same geologic processes are operating today as in the past, and at the same rate | |
41562045 | Lamarck | use+disuse/inheritance of acquired characteristics/ | |
41562046 | Aristotle | scale of nature | |
41562047 | Use+Disue | the idea that parts of the body that are used extensively become larger and stronger, while those that are not used deteriorate | |
41562048 | inheritance of acquired characteristics | stated that an organism could pass these modifications to its offspring | |
41562049 | Descent with modification | all organisms are related to some ancestor and develop modifications as they adapt | |
41562050 | Inference 1 | There is a struggle for limited resources and only a fraction of offspring survive | |
41562051 | Inference 2 | Individuals whose inherited characterisits fit them best to the environment are liekly to leave more offspring | |
41562052 | Inference 3 | Unequal reproduction leads to the gradual accumulation of favorable characterisitcs in a population over generations | |
41562053 | Artifical selection | The selective breeding of domesticated plants and animals to encourage the occurrence of desirable traits. |
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