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The Basics of Evolution Reading
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Evolution | The Cumulative changes that occur in a population over time. |
| Species | A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. |
| Genes | The portions of an organisms DNA that carry the code responsible for building that organism in specific way. |
| Survival Of the Fittness | a Popular term that refers to the process of natural selection, a mechanism that drive evolutionary change. |
| How can evolution refine existing Adaptions? | Because any living organism has a adaptations. |
| how was chitin modified to serve an additional function? | |
| how were flippers of penguins modified for a new function? | |
| Embryology | The branch of biology that deals with the formation, early growth, and development of living organisms. |