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Vocab review

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evolution   gradual change in the characteristics of a species over time  
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natural selection   mechanism for evolution in which the best adapted to the environment survive to reproduce and pass on their well adapted genes  
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adaptation   any trait that helps an organism survive  
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structural adaptation   similar structures in completely unrelated species: ex. wings on a bird and a bee  
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homologous structure   similar body parts on somewhat related organisms like the forelimb bones on humans, bats, and whales  
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vestigal structure   body part with no apparent function in modern species that had a function in ancestoral species  
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artificial selection   man breeding animals and plants to get offspring with the desired traits  
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allelic frequency   how often a form of trait occurs in a population  
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genetic drift   a higher than normal allelic frequency in a population due to a chance mutation in a small population  
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stabilizing   type of natural selection that favors the average individuals  
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directional   type of natural selection that favors one extreme variation in a population  
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disruptive   type of natural selection that favors both extreme variations in a population  
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polyploid   individual that has multiple sets of chromosomes, common in plants  
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gradualism   rate of evolution in which speciation occurs very slowly and steadily over a long period of time  
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punctuated equilibrium   rate of evolution in which long periods of genetic stability are interrupted by a blast of rapid speciation and extinction  
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adaptative radiation   one species evolves into two species which each evolve into 2 species until there are many different species all with the original species as an ancestor  
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