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Chapter 22 The Origin of Species Flashcards

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Allopatric speciation

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forms a new species while GEOGRAPHICALLY isolated

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sympatric speciation

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a subset forms a new species w/o geographic seperation

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polyploid

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extra sets of chromosomes

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macroevolution

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broad changes above the species level

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radiometric dating

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determines ages fossils

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what are the oldest known fossils called?

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stromalites

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what are stromalites

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rocks formed by the accumulation of sedimentary layers on bacterial mats

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