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Evolution 2

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Speciation   The process of one species giving rise to another  
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Species   a group of organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring  
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geographic isolation   A population of organisms that is separated from exchanging genetic material with other organisms of the same species by a physical barrier. A common way for speciation to begin.  
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Reproductive isolation   The inability of a species to breed successfully with related species due to behavioral and physiological barriers or differences.  
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Lamark's Theory of Evolution   Individual organisms altered their behavior in response to environmental change. Their changed behavior, in turn, modified their organs, and their offspring inherited those "improved" structures.  
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Darwin's Theory of Evolution   All species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce.  
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Evidence of Ancestry   Genetic data, embryology and vestigial structures are all used to support a common origin.  
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Comparative Embryology   The study comparing embryo development across species.  
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Vestigial structure   an anatomical feature that no longer seems to have a purpose in the current form of an organism of the given species. It may have performed some important function in the organism at one point in the past.  
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Homologous structure   An organ or bone that appears in different animals, underlining anatomical commonalities demonstrating descent from a common ancestor.  
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Genetic drift   a mechanism of evolution in which allele frequencies of a population change over generations due to chance  
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mimicry   structural adaptation that allows one species to resemble another species.  
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adaptation   a beneficial mutation that increases and organism's fitness  
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fitness   an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in an environment  
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coevolution   two or more species evolve together  
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convergent evolution   process by which two or more species become more similar as they adapt to the same kind of environment  
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divergent evolution   process by which two or more species become more and more dissimilar  
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analogous structure   structures in more than one species that have a similar appearance and function but different embryological origin  
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