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| Greek who believed that species were fixed and didn’t evolve |
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| 1750s, French naturalist, suggested earth was more than 6000 years old |
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| 1800s, French naturalist, evolution explains life’s diversity |
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| 1859, author of Origin of Life and “father of evolution” |
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| marine iguanas’ home, on equator west of South America, famous for Darwin’s research |
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| 1940s, comprehensive theory of evolution with genetics added |
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| small scale changes in gene pool over a number of generations |
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| population of individuals that have successful breeding potential |
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| geographical distribution of species |
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| group of individuals of same species, in same place and time |
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| 1920s, science that studies genetic change in groups of individuals |
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| total collection of genes in a population at any one time |
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| change in gene pool of a population due to chance |
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| a change in an organism’s DNA that creates a new allele |
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| allele changes in a population by movement of individuals |
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| selective breeding of domesticated plants and animals |
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| strongest evidence of evolution, order/age in rock layers |
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| differential reproduction, basic mechanism of evolution |
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| relative contribution to gene pool an individual makes |
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| structures that are similar because of a common ancestry |
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