Evolution Basics

Populations of organisms change over time from inherited genetic changes

• Darwin

• Evolution

• Common Ancestor

• Incomplete Dominance

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Popularized natural selection with his book On

the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859

after his observations sailing on the HMS Beagle.

• Curie

• Hooke

• Linnaeus

• Darwin

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Favorable genetic traits are passed on causing a survival advantage in a particular environment.

• speciation

• natural selection

• cladogram

• inherent danger

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The theory that all living things are descendants of one

original living cell and evolved via natural selection.

• Darwinism

• cladogram

• metaphase

• common ancestor

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The purposeful breeding of two individuals to produce desired traits in offspring.

Also known as selective breeding.

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Unnatural Selection

• Phylogenetics

A diagram that shows the theory of Evolution from a Common Ancestor.

• Phylogenetic Tree

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Branching Tree

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A branching diagram that shows evolutionary relationships

between species

• Root System

• Mitochondria

• Cladogram

• Adaptive Radiation

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All species evolving from a common ancestor.

Major changes.

• Microevolution

• Law of Inheritance

• Gene Pool

• Macroevolution

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Within a species, there can be changes in allele frequency causing variation.

• Microevolution

• Macroevolution

• Involuntary Contraction

• All of the above

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Common ancestry as shown by

various models.

• Artificial Selection

• Evidence for Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Geneology

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