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Evolution |
Change over time; the process by Whig modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms |
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Fossil |
Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms |
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Artificial selection |
Selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits in offspring |
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Adaptation |
Heritable characteristic that increases an organisms aboltiy to survive and reproduce in an environment |
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Fitness |
How well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment |
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Natural selection |
Process by which organisms that are that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest |
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Biogrography |
Study of past and present distribution of organisms |
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Homologous structure |
Structures that are similar in different species of common ancestry |
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Analogous structure |
Body parts that share a common function, but not structure |
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Vestigial structure |
Structure that is inherited from ancestors but has lost much or all of its original function |
