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BS110 - Exam 2
4 Causes of Evolution
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/25/2008

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4 causes of evolution
Definition
  1. genetic drift
  2. natural selection
  3. gene flow
  4. mutation
Term
genetic drift
Definition
  • Changes in gene frequencies from generation to generation as a result of random (chance) processes.
  • most pronounced in a small population
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natural selection
Definition
  • survival of the fittest
  • mechanism of evolutino proposed by Charles Darwin.
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gene flow
Definition
  • Exchange of genes between different species (an extreme case referred to as hybridization) or between different populations of the same species caused by migration followed by breeding.
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mutation
Definition
dna changes
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