Melanin and Evolution Vocab

inherited characteristic that INCREASES an organism's chance of survival

• adaptation

• variation

• overproduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

structures that DO NOT have a common evolutionary origin but are similar in function

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

biogeography

• study of distribution of organisms around the world

• comparison of body structures and how they vary

• looking at similarities in DNA between species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

comparative anatomy

• the comparison of body structures and how they vary

• study of distribution of organisms around the world

• looking at similarities in DNA between species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

adaptations increase in frequency with each generation

• descent with modification

• variation

• overproduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

developing stage of a multicellular organism

• embryo

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

preserved traces of an ancient organism

• fossil

• embryo

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

embryology

• using stages of development in offspring to determine relatedness

• looking at similarities in DNA between species

• study of distribution of organisms around the world

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

change over time

• evolution

• adaptation

• variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

movement of alleles from one population to another (migration)

• gene flow

• gene pool

• law of superposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4