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lesson 6.4
Diversity of life in the sea - Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Theory of evolution | The unifying theory of biology that posits that all living organisms evolved from a common ancestor. |
| Natural selection | A mechanism of evolutionary change that results when individuals that are better adapted than others in meeting the challenged of the environment produce more offspring. |
| Biological species concept | The definition of species as a population of organisms that have common characteristics and can successfully breed with each other. |
| Reproductive isolation | The inability of separate populations to interbreed |
| Genus | A group of similar species |
| Species epithet | The species name of an organism |
| Binomial nomenclature | A system of naming species using two names, the first of which refers to the genus |
| Phylogeny | The evolutionary history of a species or other taxon |
| Phylogenetics | The study of evolutionary relationships |
| Taxon | (pl. taxa) A group of organisms that share a common ancestry |