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ch 16 bio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| evolution | change over time |
| fossil | preserved remains of an organism |
| artificial selection | selective breeding of plants and/or animals. |
| adaptation | heritable characteristic thats helps fight off an obstacle |
| natural selection | process of organisms reproducing successfully |
| fitness | how well an organism can survive and reproduce. |
| biogeography | study of past and present distribution of organisms. |
| analogous structure | body parts that share a common function, but not structure |
| homologous structure. | term used to refer to chromosomes in which one set comes from a male and the other from a female |
| vestigial structure | structure that is inherited from ansesters but has lost much or all of its original function. |