Vocab Check 07.1 ROUSE

movement of alleles from one population to another

• speciation

• gene flow

• evolution

• gene pool

The gradual change in a species over time

• speciation

• gene flow

• evolution

• adaptation

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

• speciation

• population

• evolution

• adaptation

random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations

• speciation

• gene pool

• genetic drift

• adaptation

variety in a population

• evolution

• gene flow

• diversity

• adaptation

Combined genetic information of all the members of a particular population

• gene flow

• gene pool

• genetic drift

• adaptation

inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival

• evolution

• gene pool

• speciation

• adaptation

Number of times that an allele occurs in a gene pool compared with the number of alleles in that pool for the same gene

• genetic drift

• gene pool

• natural selection

• allele frequency

the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution

• adaptation

• evolution

• speciation

• gene pool

how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment

• gene flow

• fitness

• speciation

• gene pool