Chapter 16: Darwin's Theory of Evolution

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Fossils

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Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms

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Evolution

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Change in allele frequencies over time in a population

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Artificial Selection

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Selective breeding of plants and animals by humans to promote the occurence of desirable traits in offspring

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adaptation

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heritable characteristic that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in its environment

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Fitness

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How well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment

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Natural Selection

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Process by which organisms that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest

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Biogeography

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Study of past and present distribution of organisms

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Homologous structures

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Body parts that are similar in structure but different in functions in different species of common ancestry

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Analogous structures

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body parts that share a common function but not structure in different species

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Vestigial Structure

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Body part that is inherited from ancestors but has lost much or all of its original function