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| selective breeding of plants and animals to encourage the occurrence of desirable traits |
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| study of past and present distribution of species |
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| suggested by Cuvier; idea that each layer of strata was separated by a catasptrophe |
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| all changes that have transformed life on Earth |
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| accumulation of inherited characteristics that make an organism more likely to survive |
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| preserved remnant or mark of something that existed in the past |
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| all adaptations are the result of slow and gradual changes, producing what we see today |
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| structures in different species that are similar due to common ancestry |
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| Differential success in the reproduction of different phenotypes resulting from the interaction of organisms with their environment. Evolution occurs when natural selection causes changes in relative frequencies of alleles in the gene pool. |
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| branch of bio concerned with naming and classifying species |
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| Charles Lyell's idea that nothing ever changed |
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| often useless remnant of past ancestry |
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