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Vocabulary 4-5
Evolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Immigration | to come into an area |
| Emigration | to leave an area |
| Mechanism | a process or system that is used to produce a particular result |
| Genetic Drift | when a chance(random) event effects the gene pool |
| Gene Flow | adding immigrants' genes to a gene pool |
| Founder Effect | extreme changes in the gene pool when a few individuals from a population leave or seperate themselves and interbreed with each other |
| Speciation | Creation of a genetically different group of living things |
| Gradualism | sloooow changes that build up over time |
| Punctuated Equilibrium | things remain the same then BAM there is a sudden change followed by things remaining the same |