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Species change over time.
Common ancestry from which descent, adaptation, and diversification come. |
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| Two part name for species. |
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| A sequential ladder of life. Believed in by Aristotle. Move up ladder= increase complexity. |
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| Belief started by Georges Cuvier that periods of catastrophic extinctions occured, after which repopulation of surviving species took place, giving the appearance of change through time. |
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| inheritance of acquired characteristics |
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The environment can bring about inherited change.
However, phenotypic changes acquired during life do not result in genetic changes that can be passed on.
ex-giraffe |
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The slow changes occurred at a uniform rate. Slow and continual geological change. Now know it is not uniform.
Lyell-show the Earth is very old. |
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| The study of the geographic distribution of life-forms on Earth. |
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| the reproductive success of an individual relative to other members of a population. |
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| The process by shich a breeder chooses which traits to perpetuate. |
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| A trait that helps an organism be more suited to its environment. |
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