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| The study of ancient relics |
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Duplication of a gene produces gene families—multiple
copies of nearly identical DNA sequences. These are the genes that no longer function. |
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the appearance of a new
species |
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duplication of
chromosomes |
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rapid increase in
speciation |
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| A condition in which the rate of large-scale change remains very slow for a long period. |
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A pattern of evolution in which new
species split off from ancestral species, and both continue to change at
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| A pattern of evolution that involves a short period of rapid change just after a population becomes isolated and forms a new species, after which the process slows down and approaches stasis |
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| the change of organisms over time |
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| a mechanism by which evolution works |
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| formed from bones, impression left by organism, may be preserved |
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| the evolution of two species interacting with each other and reciprocally influencing each other's adaptations |
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| chemical compounds that can make a plant taste bad or be poisonous |
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| makes plants hard to chew |
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| used by humans- same as natural selection but artificial |
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| structures that show common ancestry because of a similar structure, but may have different functions, or may be adapted to different functions |
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