Evolution Vocabulary

Fossils

• DNA is similar in species that share a common ancestor
• A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
• Similarities between organisms based on descent from a common ancestor.
• Preserved remains of once-living organisms

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Evolution

• A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
• The gradual change in a species over time
• English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
• DNA is similar in species that share a common ancestor

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Speciation

• structures that are the reduced forms of functional structures in other organisms
• A trait that is beneficial to an organism and will likely be chosen by natural selection
• the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.
• how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment

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natural selection

• structures that are the reduced forms of functional structures in other organisms
• A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
• The theory that evolution occurs slowly but steadily
• Preserved remains of once-living organisms

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Charles Darwin

• English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
• Resistance evolving rapidly in many species of prokaryotes due to overuse of antibiotics, especially in agriculture.
• how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment
• states that organisms change and develop over time to adapt an increase rate of survival

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adaptation

• EX: finches
• A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce
• the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.
• The gradual change in a species over time

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antibiotic resistance

• Resistance evolving rapidly in many species of prokaryotes due to overuse of antibiotics, especially in agriculture.
• DNA is similar in species that share a common ancestor
• Similarities between organisms based on descent from a common ancestor.
• structures that do not have a common evolutionary origin but are similar in function

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homologous structures

• The theory that evolution occurs slowly but steadily
• DNA is similar in species that share a common ancestor
• Similarities between organisms based on descent from a common ancestor.
• The gradual change in a species over time

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Theory of Evolution

• The gradual change in a species over time
• when two or more species sharing a common ancestor become more different over time
• states that organisms change and develop over time to adapt an increase rate of survival
• Process by which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments

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favorable traits

• structures that do not have a common evolutionary origin but are similar in function
• states that organisms change and develop over time to adapt an increase rate of survival
• A trait that is beneficial to an organism and will likely be chosen by natural selection
• Process by which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments

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