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ch.14 vocab bio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| evolution | change over time in the characteristics of populations |
| fossils | preserved remains or traces of organisms that had died long ago |
| populations | all the individuals of one species in a particular area |
| natural selection | individuals with advantageous traits survive longest and leave the most offspring |
| homologous structures | same evolutionary origin despite any differences in current function or appearance |
| vestigial structures | structures that serve no apparent purpose |
| convergent evolution | natural selection causes non-homologous structures that serve similiar functions to resemble one another |
| analogous structures | outwardly similiar but non-homologous structures |
| artificial selection | the breeding of domestic plants and animals to produce specific desirable traits |