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What is genetic drift?

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Genetic drift is a random change in the frequency of alleles in a population due to chance events, leading to a loss of genetic variation.

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What are homologous structures?

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Homologous structures are anatomical features in different species that share a common ancestry, indicating evolutionary relationships, such as the similar bone structures in mammals.

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What did Darwin propose about organisms with favorable traits?

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Darwin proposed that organisms with traits best suited to their environment will increase in number through the process of natural selection.

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What is directional selection?

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Directional selection is a type of natural selection that favors one extreme phenotype over others, causing a shift in the population's traits.

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What structural feature did Darwin study in Galapagos finches?

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Darwin focused on the shape and size of the beaks of different finch species, which adapted to their specific feeding habits.

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What is gene flow?

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Gene flow is the transfer of genetic material between populations, which can increase genetic diversity.

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What are analogous structures?

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Analogous structures are body parts in different species that serve similar functions but do not share a common ancestry, such as wings of insects and birds.

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What are vestigial structures?

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Vestigial structures are remnants of organs or structures that had a function in an early ancestor but are reduced or nonfunctional in a modern organism, like the human appendix.

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What is natural selection?

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Natural selection is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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What is a gene pool?

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A gene pool is the total collection of genes and their alleles in a population at a given time.