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ch 16 bio
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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. |