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Bio quiz evolution
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a species | members of the same species can mate and produce viable fertile offspring |
| homologous structures | parts of the body that are similar to other organisms structure, proving that they have a common ancestor. |
| vestigial structure | parts of the body that have lost all of there ancestral value. |
| embrology | many embryos resemble each other in the early phases. Gills and tails in human embryos |
| Recapitulation theory | embryonic development of a species retraces some key steps in evolutionary history. |
| evidence from molecular biology | small differences in DNA and proteins of 2 species indicate their recent divergence from common ancestor. |
| Classic Linnaean system | species are aranged in hiarchy of increasingly specific groups |
| cladistics | relies on evolutionary relationships in which membership in a group depends on shared derived traits unique to that group |