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| occurring over a short period of time that results in the formation of new subspecies. |
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| Excess reproduction,variations,inheritance, and the advantages of specific traits. |
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| The process of by which the genotypes of successive plant and animal generations are determined through controlled breeding. |
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| The action or process of adapting or being adapted. |
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| differential reproduction |
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| The ability to produce more offspring with the same adaptations as the parent, allowing the species to survive under changed enviormental conditions. |
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| Measure of a traits relaitve contribution to the follwoing generation. |
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| a heritable change occurring in a gene |
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| passing from one part to another, said of certain morbid processes or symptoms. |
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| The process of change in the genetic composition of a population due to chance or random events rather than by natural selection, resulting in changes in alleles frequencies over time. |
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| physical features that give an organism a better chance to survive in their particular niche or ecosystem. |
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| an organismic or systemic response of an individual to a specific external stimulus in order to maintain homeostatsis. |
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| The close external resemblance of an animal or plant or part of one to another. |
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| Hide or disguise the presence of a person, animal, or object by means of camouflage. |
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| Structures of different species having similar or corresponding function but not from the same evolutionary origin |
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| Vestigial structures provide a clue to the evolutionary history of a species because they are remnants of structures found in the ancestral species. |
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| Homologous structures or organs are those that share a common ancestry or origin. |
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