bio exam 1 Flashcards
convenience
easier to think and talk about organisms
cladistics
phylogenetic systematics
biological species concept
a group of individuals that can successfully breed with each other but not with other groups
closely related
sharing a recent common ancestor
population
a group of individuals of one species living in an area
community
individuals of several species living in an area
ecosystem
a particular set of species living in an area and interacting together with the non-living environment
primitive
ancient/a species or group that evolved a long time ago and is similar to the ancestor of the whole group being studied
derived
a species or group that evolved recently and is not similar to ancestor of group being studied
evolution
a change over time
biological evolution
changed in characteristics of organisms over time
microevolution
small changes in traits of one species over short time spans
macro evolution
large changes, including the formation of new species, over long time spans
theory
an explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that has been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment
allopatric speciation
one large population is geographically separated into two or more isolated populations by some sort of a barrier