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Allele frequency

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The measure of how often an allele shows up in a population

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Gene pool

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the combined alleles in a population

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Normal distribution

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The highest point of a graph before decreasing

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Microevolution

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The observable change in an allele over time

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Directional selection

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A type of phenotype that is favored by selection

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Stabilizing selection

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Intermediate phenotype that is favored and becomes frequent in a population

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Disruptive selection

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When both extreme phenotypes are favored while the intermediate is selected against something in nature

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Gene flow

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The movement of alleles from one population to another

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Genetic drift

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changes in allele frequenceys

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bottleneck affect

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Genetic drift after an event that greatly reduces the size of the population

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Founder affect

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Genetic drift that occurs after a small number of individuals colonize a new area

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Sexual selection

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When a certain trait increases mating success

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Reproductive Isolation

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When 2 members of different population can no longer mate

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Specification

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The rise of one existing species from another species

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Behavioral isolation

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When thereare differences in courtship or a mating process

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Geographic isolation

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When a physical barriers divides a population into 2 or more groups

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Temporal isolation

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When timing prevents reproduction between populations

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Convergent evolution

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Evolution toward a similar char. in a unrelated species

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divergent evolution

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when a closely related species evolves in 2 different directions

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coevolution

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The process in-which 2 species evolve in response to each other

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extintion

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the elimination of a species from earth

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punctuated equilibrium

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shot periods of drastic chance and long periods of smaller change

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adaptive radiation

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The diversification of one ancestral species into many descendent species