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04/25/2017

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Evolution
Definition
A change in gene frequency over time
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Georges Buffon
Definition
Studied fossils, hypthesized Earth is older than thousan years old.
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Jean Lamarck
Definition
Proposed that life evolves
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Natural Selection
Definition
process where individuals that are more fit to survive reproduce and pass their genes.
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Variation
Definition
a difference in physical trait.
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Adaption
Definition
Feature that allows organism to better survive in its environment.
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Artificial Selection
Definition
process where humans chose traits through breeding.
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Biological fitness
Definition
ability to survive to reproduce.
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Overproduction
Definition
Organism produces more offspring than the environment can support.
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Fossil Record
Definition
chronical collection of lifes remains in the rock layer.
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Biogeography
Definition
study of distribution of organisms around the world.
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Embryo
Definition
pre-birth stage of an organisms development.
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Gene pool
Definition
all of the alleles in all of individuals in a population.
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Allele frequencies
Definition
measures how common an allele is in a population
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mutation
Definition
random change in the DNA of a gene.
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gene flow
Definition
movement of alleles in population
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genetic drift
Definition
any change in the allele frequencies that is due to chance.
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species
Definition
group of organisms able to interbreed and produce offspring
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Allopatric
Definition
physical barrier that divides 2 populations
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sympatric
Definition
species evolves into a new one without a physical barrier.
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reproductive isolation
Definition
prevents gene flow
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endosymbiosis
Definition
relationship where one organism lives in the body of another
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taxanomy
Definition
classification of a species
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taxon
Definition
group of organisms in a system.
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