evolution Flashcards

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adaptation

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adaptive radiation

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allele

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allopatric

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analogues structure

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artificial selection

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background extinction rate

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biogeography

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biological species

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coevolution

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common ancestor

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comparative anatomy

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convergent evolution

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fossil

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fossil record

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founder effect

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geological time scale

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geology

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gene flow

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gene pool

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genetic bottleneck

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genetic equilibrium

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genetic variation

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gradulism

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genotype

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Hardy-Weinberg equation

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natural selection

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paleontology

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panspermia

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parallel evolution

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phenotype

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phylogeny

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population

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postzygotic isolating mechanism

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prezygotic isolating mechanism

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primordial environment

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radiometric dating

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random mating

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diffrential survival

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directional selection

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divergent evolution

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endosymbiosis

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epoch

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evo-devo

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evolution

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evolutionary fitness

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extinction

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fixation (of alleles)

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homologous structure

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homology

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hybrid

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mass extinction

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migration

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miller-urey experiments

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modern synthesis

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molecular clock

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mutation

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relative dating

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reproductive isolation

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RNA world

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rock strata

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speciation

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species

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stromatolite

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sympatric

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transitional fossil

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vestigial organ

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