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changes in a kind of organism overtime; precess by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organism |
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| a well supported and testable explaination |
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| preserred remains of envidence of ancient organisms |
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| selection by human for breeding of useful traits from the natural variation among different organism |
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| competition among members of a type of species for food, living space, and other neccesities of life |
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| ability of an organism to survuve and reproduce in its enviroment |
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| inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival. |
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survival the fittest (natural selection) |
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| process by which individuals that are better suited in their enviroment survive and reproduce most successfully |
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| principle that all living things have a common ancestor |
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| structure that have different mature forms in different organisms but develop from the same embryotic tissues |
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| combined genetic information of all the members of a particular population |
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| traits controlled by a single gene |
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| trait controlled by 2 or more genes |
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| separation of species or populations areable to breed but have different in reproduce behavior that prevent mating |
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| separation of species or populations so that they cannot interbreed and produce fertile offsprings |
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| when 2 populations are able to breed but are seperated by barries |
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| when 2 populations are able to breed, but reproduce at differnt times |
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| how common a gene in in a population |
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| a structure with no function |
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