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Law of superposition

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Highest layer of rock is the newest while the lowest layer of rock is the oldest

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Fossils

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Preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past

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Relative dating/age

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Can be determined by using age compared to other fossils

Not exact

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Absolute dating/age

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Exact estimated age using archeogical and other evidence

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Biogeography

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Study of how and why plants and animals live where they do

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Darwin’s natural selection-definition

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Evolutionary process in which some living things produce more offspring than others because of their desirable traits, so the characteristics of organisms change over time

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Darwin’s Natural Selection-reasoning

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Saw that species changed
Earth was old, so species had time to change
Overpopulation led to struggle for existence
Survival of the fittest
Those with good traits survived and passed on traits to offspring

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Origin of species

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Speciation
Occurs through isolation
Geographic
Reproductive

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Geographic Isolation

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Physical separation of members of a population

Allopactric speciation occurs when new species comes because of this

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Reproductive Isolation

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When two subpopulations become reproductively isolated in the same geographic area
Part of population switch to new food source, habitat, sexual selection

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Fitness

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Relative ability of an organism to survive and produce fertile offspring

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Adaptation

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Characteristic that helps living things survive and reproduce in a given environment

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Homologous structure

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Structure that is similar in related organisms because it was inherited from a common ancestor but it might not have the same function

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Analogous structure

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Structure that is similar in unrelated organisms because it evolved to do the same job not because it was inherited from a common ancestor

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Vestigial structure

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Structure that nature has reduced in size because it is no longer needed

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Embryology

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Study in the similarities and differences in the embryos of different species

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Microevolution

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Evolutionary change that occurs over a relatively short period of time within a population or species

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Macroevolution

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Evolutionary change that occurs over geologic time above the level of the species

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Adaptive radiation

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Process in which one single species evolves into many new species to fill any available niches

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Species

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Population whose members have the potential to interbreed in nature and and produce viable fertile offspring not with other groups
The reproductively isolated in natural environments from other species

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Population genetics

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Science focusing on evolution within populations that is the area of overlap between evolutionary theory and Mendelian genetics.

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Patterns of Selection

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Change allele frequencies and cause evolution
Wghen there are differences of fitness between members
Disruptive Selection
Directional Selection
Stabilizing Selection

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Stabilizing selection

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Favors the middle, doesn’t like extremes, steep hill

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Directional Selection

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Favors one extreme, shifts to the side

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Disruptive selection
Favors both extremes but not the medium
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Causes in variation in traits
Environment factors-food, variability Genetics-everyone's different, genes aren't equal Mutations
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Gene pool
All of the genes of every member of the population
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Gene/allele frequency
How often the allele occurs in the population
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Conditions
``` No mutation/no new alleles No immigration or emigration Very large Mates are chosen randomly No natural selection ```
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Hardy-Weinberg Disruptions
``` Mutation Gene flow Genetic drift Non random mating Natural selection ```
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Mutation
Creates new genetic variation in a gene pool Creates new alleles For it to be passed on, it must occur in the gametes
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Mutagens
Mutations causing things
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Gene flow
Occurs when individuals migrate, transfer of gametes between populations
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Migration
Moving of things between populations
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Immigration
Moving into a population
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Emigration
Moving out of a population
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Genetic Drift
If people don't reproduce in a small population, it may drastically change the alleles Bottleneck effect Founder effect
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Non Random Mating
Genetic makeup becomes more and more similar Mate with close relatives rather than distant Like phenotype a mate with eachother
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Natural selection
Survival of the fittest
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Speciation
Process by which a new species occurs
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Allopatric Speciation
When new species are created by being geographically separated
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Sympatric Speciation
When new species are created by reproductive isolation