Chapter 13: Life in the Ocean Flashcards

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who developed the theory of natural selection?

A

Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace

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what is a mutation?

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an inheritable change in an organism’s genes

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what is a species?

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a group of actually (or potentially) interbreeding organisms that is reproductively isolated from all other forms of living things

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4
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what is convergent evolution?

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accumulated adaptations resulting in superficially similar animals, each derived from different and diverse stock

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