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| process by which populations become adapted to their environment |
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| organism suited to an environment so it thrives |
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| structures that have a similar function in different ancestry and differ in structure |
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| different species organisms have similar DNA |
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| population members able to mate and produce fertile offspring |
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| fit animals out compete the less fit |
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| changes that occur in the members of a species over time |
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| finches on the galapagos islands |
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| past evidence of living organism encrusted in earth |
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| the first word in the binomial naming system |
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| is similar in two or more species because of common ancestry |
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| occurs gradually in unbranched lineage |
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| periods of rapid change dependent on speciation followed by long periods of stasis |
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| everything that surrounds a particular organism |
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