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| Macroevolutionary Patterns |
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| changes in anatomy, phylogeny, ecology, and behavior that take place in clades larger than a single species |
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| extinction caused by slow and steady process of natural selection |
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| event during which many species become extinct during a relatively short period of time |
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| the evolution of a species by gradual accumulation of small genetic changes over long periods of time |
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| pattern of evolution in which long stable periods are interrupted by brief periods of more rapid change |
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| process by which a single species or a small group of species evolves into several different forms that live in different ways |
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| process by which unrelated organisms independenly evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments |
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| process by which two species evolve in response to changes in eahc other over time |
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