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A structure that is present in many species that is similar in function but found in different forms and inheritance

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Analogous Structure

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A species that is found and restricted to one area

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Endemic Species

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A process that introduces a new species from a preexisting species; A change in allelic species overtime

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Evolution

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A species that no longer exists; has no known individuals

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Extinction

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Preserved remains or traces of an organism that once lived on Earth

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Fossils

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A decrease in genetic variation due to the formation of a new population of a small number of individuals coming from a larger population

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Founder Effect

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An explanation stating that new species arise from modifications over generations

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Gradualism

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A physical characteristic that was inherited from and ancestor resulting in a similar trait

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Homologous Structure

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A group of the same species, living in the same area and reproducing

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Population

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The process of breeding an organism with the result of the organism having desired genetic traits

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Selective Breeding

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Genes moving in and out of a population, changes in allelic frequencies are a result

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Migration

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A process in which organisms that have a certain trait are able to survive and produce compared to other forms of their species.

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Natural Selection

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Features of behaviors, morphology or genetics that serve to prevent mating or breeding between two different species

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Isolating Mechanism

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A species living outside of a distribution range that has been introduced through deliberate or accidental human activity

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Non Native Species

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An explanation of a species being stable over long periods of time with occasional rapid change that may cause a species to make a new species

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Punctuated Equilibrium

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