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Evolution

Biology Words

TermDefinition
Adaptations An inherited characteristic that enhances an organisms ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
Artificial Selection The selective breeding of domesticated plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits
Biogeography The study of past and present distributions of organisms
Evolution Descent with modifications; the idea that living species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from present day ones; also the genetic changes in a population over generations
Extinction The irrevocable loss of a species
Fossils A preserved remnant or impression of an organism that lived in the past
Fossil Record The chronicle of evolution over millions of years of geologic time engraved in the order in which fossils appear in rock strata
Gene Pool All the alleles for all the genes in a population
Homology Similarity in characteristics resulting from a shared ancestry
Homologous Structures Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry
Microevolution A change in a population's gene pool over generations
Natural Selection A process in which organisms with certain inherited characteristics are more likely to survive and reproduce than are organism with other characteristics
Paleontologist A scientist who studies fossils
Population A group of individuals belonging to one species and living in the same geographic area
Vestigial Organs A structure of marginal or no importance to an organism; historical remnants of structures that had important function in ancestors
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