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Morphology |
An organisms size, shape, and composition |
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Equilibrium |
Balance |
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Stabilizing selection |
The process that produces the equilibrium state |
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Species |
Is a dynamic population of individuals |
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Fecundity |
The term demographers use for the ability to produce offspring |
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Continuous variation |
Variations in which there are continuum of types |
The distribution of height in people |
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Discontinuous variation |
In which a number of distinct types exist with no intermediates |
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Convergence |
The evolution of similar adaptions in unrelated groups of animals |
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Placental mammals |
Which nourish their young in the uterus during long pregnancies |
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Marsupials |
Nonplacental mammals that rear their young in external pouches |
Kangaroos |
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Blending inheritance |
A model of inheritance that assumes the mother and father each contribute a hereditary substance that mixes or "blends" to determine the characteristic of the offspring |
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