Test Flashcards
What is Embryology?
Embryology studies the development of embryos, where early-stage similarities across species suggest a common ancestry, showing how complex organisms evolved from simpler ones with shared developmental genes.
What is a Fossil Record?
The fossil record shows how species have evolved over millions of years, capturing transitional forms and revealing the gradual changes that lead to new species, with older fossils showing simpler organisms and newer ones more complex.
Explain antibiotic resistance.
Antibiotic resistance is an example of evolution, where bacteria evolve through natural selection to survive antibiotics. Resistant bacteria with beneficial mutations survive and reproduce, leading to the spread of resistance genes and making the antibiotic less effective over time.