Natural Selection Flashcards

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What are the five major points in darwin’s natural selection hypothesis

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Genetic variation exists in populations
Organisms produce more offspring than can survive
The overproduction of offspring forces competition which is called struggle for existence
Natural selection
Species Alive today are descended with modification from ancestral species

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What is artificial selection

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Nature provides the variation and humans selected those variations they found useful

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What is natural selection

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Individuals with favorable variations have more fitness and are more likely to survive and pass those variations on to their offspring
Populations gradually change or evolve toward the favorable variations over time

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What are adaptations

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Any inherited trait that increases the chances of survival and reproduction of an organism

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