Evolution Vocab

Allele frequency

• the number of times that an allele occurs in a gene pool compared with the number of alleles in that pool for the same gene
• process by which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments
• a group of individuals of the same species that mate and produce offspring
• process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other over time

Environmental factors

• Similarity in the way that different organisms' structures are arranged
• a population of physically similar, interbreeding organisms that do not interbreed with other groups
• individuals best adapted to their environment survive and pass on their traits
• any outside factor that influences living organisms

Genetic Factors

• factors that influence the genes of living organisms
• a population of physically similar, interbreeding organisms that do not interbreed with other groups
• entire set of genetic information that an organism carries in its DNA
• When individuals move into a population (a type of gene flow)

Inherited disease

• Compares the developmental processes (embryo to birth) of different organisms to see similarities.
• study of genetic variation within a population
• a disease or disorder passed down from generation to generation
• early, pre-birth stage of organism's development

Acquired disease

• Mosquitoes transmitted disease that affects red blood cells
• splitting or dividing of a population into one or more species due to the different environments
• traces or remains of dead organisms preserved by natural processes
• developed after birth, not hereditary

Heart disease

• the formation of new species, occurs whenever reproductive isolation develops
• are single cells that do not have organelles or a true nucleus and are less complex than eukaryotic cells
• Any disorder that affects the heart
• traces or remains of dead organisms preserved by natural processes

Malaria

• parts that have similar functions but are not passed down from a close common ancestor.
• bacterial reproduction in which they split into 2
• Mosquitoes transmitted disease that affects red blood cells
• change in a population over time

Sickle cell anemia

• process by which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments
• particle of genetic material that can only reproduce inside a living host
• A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin
• Mosquitoes transmitted disease that affects red blood cells

Gene Expression

• the number of times that an allele occurs in a gene pool compared with the number of alleles in that pool for the same gene
• process by which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments
• When the genes are turned into a functional protein.

Genome

• entire set of genetic information that an organism carries in its DNA
• Similarity in the way that different organisms' structures are arranged
• form of reproductive isolation in which two populations are separated by geographic barriers such as rivers, mountains, or bodies of water, leading to the formation of two separate subspecies
• process in which a trait held by a common ancestor evolves into different variations over time