APB C22 Darwin Word Scramble
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A population of organisms can change over the generations if individuals having certain heritable traits leave more offspring than other individuals. Results in evolutionary adaptation | Natural Selection |
Phrase Darwin used instead of evolution in the first edition of The Origin of Species | descent with modification |
The breeding of domesticated plants and animals | artificial selection |
Change in the genetic composition of a population from generation to generation | evolution |
The branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants. | paleontology |
Similarity in sequence of a protein or nucleic acid between organisms of the same or different species. | homology |
Body parts that have similar function and structure in different organisms suggesting a common ancestor | homologous structures |
A structure in an organism that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution | vestigial structures |
The process whereby organisms not closely related, independently evolve similar traits as a result of having to adapt to similar environments or ecological niches. | convergent evolution |
Similarity of function and superficial resemblance of structures that have different origins. For example, the wings of a fly, a moth, and a bird. | analogous structures |
Prevalent in or limited to a particular locality, region, or people | endemic |
inherited characteristics of organisms that enhance survival & reproduction in specific environments. | adaptations |
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