Vocab2 Flashcards
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Natural selection
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Adaptive evolutionary change
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Evolution
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Change in genetic composition of a population across generations
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Fitness
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of your offspring/greatest # of other’s offspring
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Population
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Group of organisms of a species (total)/(being observed in a study)
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Genetic drift
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Gene flow
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Phylogeny
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Evolutionary history
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Adaptive radiation
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Mutation
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Mistakes that arise in DNA through random errors or any one of a number of mutagenic agents.
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Coevolution
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Founder effect
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Gene
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Genotype
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Traits in genetic code
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Phenotype
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Traits physically expressed
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Proximate causation
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