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| the transfer of alleles or genes from one population to another |
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| the statistical drift over time of gene frequencies in a population due to random sampling effects in the formation of successive generations. |
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| Overproduction of Offspring |
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| the ability of a species to produce far more offspring than can possibly survive. "Survival of the Fittest" |
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| variation in alleles of genes |
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| system of ideas intended to explain something |
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| book written by Charles Darwin based on the first ideas of evolution |
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| the genetic drift resulting from the reduction of a population, typically by a natural disaster, to such an extent that the surviving population is no longer genetically representative of the original population. |
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| a change in a DNA sequence |
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