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| Process by which a single species or a group of species evolves into several different forms that kive in different ways. |
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| How an animals acts and behaves in order to stay alive due to its climate. |
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| Process by which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments. |
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| The process by which a species evolves into two or more descendant or different forms. |
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| Random change in allele frequency caused by a series of chance occurences that cause an allele to become more or less common in a population. |
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| Form of reproductive isolation in which two populations are sparated by geographic barriers such as rivers, mountains, or bodies of water, leading to the formation of two separate species. |
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| The evolution of a species by gradual accumulation of small genetic changes over long periods of time. |
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| A metabolic or physiologic adjustment within the cell, or tissues, of an organism in response to an environmental stimulus resulting in the improved ability of that organism to cope with its changing environment. |
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| Pattern of evolution in which long stable periods are interrupted by breif periods of more rapid change. |
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| Separation of a species or population so that they no longer interbreed and evolve into two separate species. |
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| Formation of a new species. |
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| A group of similar oeganisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring. |
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| When an animal or a living thing is adapted to its enviroment by the way it's body is built. |
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