A review of all the vocabulary
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| 5096222083 | natural selection | A population can change over time if individuals with more fit traits leave more offspring than less fit individuals. |  | 0 |
| 5096222084 | evolutionary adaptation | An accumulation of inherited characteristics that enhance organisms' ability to survive and reproduce in specific environments. |  | 1 |
| 5096222085 | artificial selection | Humans modifying species for desired traits through selective breeding. |  | 2 |
| 5096222086 | decent with modification | Darwin's way of referring to evolution. |  | 3 |
| 5096222087 | fitness | Individuals whose inherited traits confer an advantage have a better chance of surviving in a given environment and will leave more offspring. |  | 4 |
| 5096222088 | homology | Similarity resulting from common ancestry. |  | 5 |
| 5096222089 | homologous structures | Same structure, different function. Comes from common ancestor. |  | 6 |
| 5096222091 | vestigial structures | Are little or no importance to organism, but remain from an ancestor. |  | 7 |
| 5096222092 | biogeography | Geographic distribution of species. |  | 8 |
| 5096222093 | microevolution | Change in genetic makeup of a population from generation to generation. |  | 9 |
| 5096222094 | macroevolution | Evolutionary change above the species level. |  | 10 |
| 5096222095 | population | Group of individuals of the same species living in the same area. |  | 11 |
| 5096222096 | population genetics | Study of allele frequency distribution and change under the influence of evolutionary processes. |  | 12 |
| 5096222097 | gene pool | All the genes in a given population at a given time. |  | 13 |
| 5096222098 | allele frequency | Proportion of an allele in a gene pool. |  | 14 |
| 5096222100 | mutation | Changes in the nucleotide sequence in DNA. |  | 15 |
| 5096222101 | sexual recombination | Crossing over and shuffling of genes during meiosis. |  | 16 |
| 5096222102 | genetic drift | Change in allele frequencies due to chance. |  | 17 |
| 5096222103 | bottleneck effect | When a population has been dramatically reduced, and the gene pool is no longer reflective of the original population's. |  | 18 |
| 5096222104 | founder effect | When a small number of individuals colonize a new area; the new gene pool is not reflective of original population. |  | 19 |
| 5096222105 | gene flow | When 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. |  | 20 |
| 5096222106 | genetic variation | Heritable variations in a population. |  | 21 |
| 5096222107 | discrete characteristics | Characteristics that are classified on an either-or basis, determined by a single gene locus. |  | 22 |
| 5096222108 | quantitative characteristics | Characteristics that vary along a continuum, usually due to influence of two or more genes. |  | 23 |
| 5096222109 | geographic variation | Difference in variation between population subgroups in different areas. |  | 24 |
| 5096222111 | relative fitness | Fitness of a particular genotype. |  | 25 |
| 5096222112 | directional selection | Shift toward a favorable variation. |  | 26 |
| 5096222113 | disruptive selection | Shift toward the extremes. |  | 27 |
| 5096222114 | stabilizing selection | Shift that favors the mean. |  | 28 |
| 5096222115 | heterozygous advantage | Maintains recessive alleles in a population, |  | 29 |
| 5096222116 | sexual selection | Natural selection for mating success. |  | 30 |
