Evolution Vocabulary

Darwin's term for the selective breeding of organisms selected for certain traits in order to produce offspring having those traits

• variation

• selective breeding

• natural selection

• artificial selection

hereditary changes in groups of living organisms over time

• heritaability

• evolution

• overproduction

• variation

individuals in a population differ from one another

• overproduction

• heritability

• evolution

• variation

some variations allow the organism that possesses them to have more offspring than the organism that does not possess them

• fossil

• derived trait

• ancestral trait

• reproductive advantage

populations produce more offspring than can survive

• selective breeding

• natural selection

• overproduction

• evolution

process by which a breeder develops a plant or animal to have certain traits

• natural selection

• artificial selection

• selective breeding

• evolution

theory of evolution developed by Darwin, based on four idea: excess reproduction, variations, inheritance, and the advantages of specific traits in an environment

• natural selection

• artificial selection

• evolution

• selective breeding

remains of an organism or its activities

• reproductive advantage

• fossil

• evolution

• overproduction

anatomically similar structures inherited from a common ancestor

• homologous structure

• vestigal structure

• embryo

• fitnesss

can be used for the same purpose and can be superficially similar in construction, but are not inherited from a common ancestor

• fossil

• analogous structure

• homologous structure

• ancestral trait