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Review of EOCT content for evolution

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scientist who believed organisms evolved through acquired traits   Lamarck  
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He wrote Principles of Geology and said plants and animals had arisen, developed vairations and then became extinct   Lyell  
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He wrote An essay on the principles of populations and said species outgrow the food supply, compete for resources, and struggle for survival   Malthus  
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He sailed to the Galapagos Islands on the HMS Beagle and came up with the theory of natural selection   Darwin  
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traits that make organisms better suited to the environment   adaptations  
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changes in a population that occur when organisms with favorable variations for that particular environment survive, reproduce, and pass these variations on to the next generation.   natural selection  
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when species become separated and can no longer interbreed   reproductive isolation  
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use of mathematical descriptions of genetic phenomena to help trace evolutionary trends within populations   population genetics  
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Darwin counted over a dozen different species of finches that he believed evolved from a single founding species. This is an example of ____________ ____________.   adaptive radiation  
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This is where unrelated species may independently evolve superficial similarities because of their adaptations to similar environments.   convergent evolution  
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the variety of organisms, their genetic information, and the communities in which they live.   biodiversity  
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proteins that have changed very slowly and are shared by many species. Used to predict when how long ago organisms share a common ancestor.   molecular clocks  
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the evolution of a new species   speciation  
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when physical barriers cause populations to divide and prevent mating of individuals   geographic isolation  
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evolution that occurs over a long period of time when adaptive changes accumulate slowly and steadily over time in a population   gradualism  
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speciation that occurs quickly in rapid bursts, with long periods of stability   punctuated equilibrium  
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the remains of an organism left in rock, usually the bones and teeth   fossils  
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used to determine the age of fossils by using half-life of elements, usually Carbon 14   radioisotope dating  
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recognizing distinct fossils in different layers of rock   relative dating  
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a description of the lines of descent (how species are interrelated) for plants and animals   phylogeny  
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the permanent loss of a species   extinction  
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reproductive efficiency of various individuals or genotypes in a population.; depends on the probability that the individual will survive and reproduce successfully   fitness  
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type of selection that favors the average in the population   stabilizing  
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type of selection that favors one variety over all the others   directional  
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type of selection when intermediates disappear and the two extreme varieties are favored   disruptive  
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structures in different species that are similar Example- seal's front flipper, horse's foreleg and human arm   homologous structures  
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structures that no longer have a function in an organism   vestigial organs  
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all of the alleles present in a population for a particular trait   gene pool  
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