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analogous structures |
anatomically different structures; same function in different organisms |
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biogeography |
the study of how species are distributed geographically |
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embryology |
the study of the embryo and its development from a single-cell zygote |
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fossil |
preserved evidence of an organism, often found in sedimentary rock, that provides evidence of past life |
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homologous structures |
automatically similar structure inherited from a common ancestor, different function, same structure |
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ontogeny |
developmental history of organism within its lifetime starting with origin of organism at fertilization and embryologic development |
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phylogeny |
evolutionary history of a species |
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vestigial structures |
reduced form of a functional structure that indicated shared ancestry |
