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Theory of Evolution

TermDefinition
Evolution The process by which something changes over time
DNA Material that contains the information that determines inherited characteristics
Genetics Study of genes, heredity and genetic variation in living organisms
Species The largest group of organisms where two individuals are capable of reproducing fertile offspring
Common Ancestor The most recent ancestral form or species from which two different species evolved
Adaptation Behavioral or physical characteristic that allows living things to survive in their environment
Taxonomy Branch of science concerned with the classification especially of organisms
Biochemical Chemical processes with and related to living organisms
Variation Heritable differences that exist in every population that are the basis for natural selection
Mimicry When one species evolved to look like another
Phenotype Outward appearance of an organism, regardless of its genes
Fitness The ability to survive in a given environment because of having the right traits
Morphological Describing the structure and form of organisms and their specific structural features
Embryological The formation, early growth and development of living organisms
Homologous structures Similarities in the structures of mammals
Analogous structures Similarities in the function, but are not evidence of a common ancestor
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