Vocabulary- Unit 2 Evolution
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| Evolution | hereditary changes in groups of living organisims over time
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| Natural Selection | theory of evolution developed by Darwin, based on four ideas. variations, inheritance excess reproduction and the advantages of specific traits of the environment
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| Fitness | measure of a traits relative contribution to the following generation
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| Camouflage | morphological adaptations that allow organisms to blend into their surroundings
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| Analogous Structure | structure that has the same function but different construction and was not inherited from a common ancestor
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| Biogeography | study of distribution of plants and animals on earth
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| Vestigial Structure | reduced from a functional structure that indicates a shared history
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| Homologous Structure | anatomically similar structure inherited from a common ancestor
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| Mimicry | morphological adaptation in which one species evolves to resemble another species for prtection or other advantages
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| Hardy Weinbery Principle | states that alleic frequencies in populations stay the same unless they are affected by a factor that causes change
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| Founder Effect | random effect that can occur when a small population settles in an area separated from the rest of the population and interbreeds, producing unique allelic variations
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| Genetic Drift | random change in allelic frequencies in a population
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| Grandualism | theory that evolution in small gradual steps over time
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| Bottleneck | process in which a large population declines in number, then rebounds
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| Endosymbiont Theory | explains that eukaryotic cells may have evolved from prokaryotic cells
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