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| charles darwin, the author of the darwin theory, which supports evolution |
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| Group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can interbreed with one another to produce fertile offspring |
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| Descent with modification |
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| Parent gives modification to its offspring |
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- Law of use and disuse
- Law of inheritance of acquired traits
- A desire to change( Giraffe-long necks) |
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| Technique in which the intervention of humans allows only selected organisms to produce offspring |
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| Physical traits and behaviors that help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment |
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| Change in genetic material of a cell |
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| Change over time to suit the species to their environment |
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| Where only the strongest survive and pass on their traits |
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| Process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms |
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| Process in nature that results in the most fit organisms producing offspring |
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| two animals with the same ancestor |
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| Having differences with in species |
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| Evolutionary process by which new biological species arise |
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| Separation of populations so that they do not interbreed to produce fertile offspring |
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| A river, mountain, ocean, or any other geographical feature that separates two regions. |
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| Common groups of genes shared by members of a population |
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Phenomenom in which adaptive radiation among different organisms produce species that are similar in appearance and behaviors.
*Opposite of divergent evolution |
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| Pattern of evolution, also known as adaptive radiation, in which one species gives rise to many species that appear different externally but are similar internally |
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| Structures that are similar in appearance and function but have different origins and usually different internal structures |
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| parts of different organisms, often quite dissimlar, that developed from the same ancestral body parts |
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| Process, also known as *divergent evolution* , in which one species gives rise to many species that appear different externally but are similar internally |
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| segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein |
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