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A little of some units (Genesis Santos/Period:5)
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Biology
9th Grade
06/14/2013

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Ancestor

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The actual stock from which an organism has developed or descended.


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Genetic Drift

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When a certain vatiation in a species is eliminated by chance (not natural selection)
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Phylogenetic Tree

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The chart that shows the relationship between species.
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Speciation

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At times , one group will envolve into two entirily diffrent species in a process.
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MRCA

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The most recent common ancestor is the most recent ancestor that two species have in common.
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Physical Adaption

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A body part that can help an organism survive and reproduce. (camouflage)
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Mimicry

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A type of adaption that enables one species to look like.
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Camaouflage

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The shape, color, or pattern of an organism that helps it blend with it's surrounding.
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Adapation

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A physical or behavioral trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its enviroment.
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Behavioral Adaptations

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Include the ways organisms act to survive in their enviroments.
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Speciation

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The formation of a new species from existing one.
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Geographic Isolation

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Occurs populations are seperated geographic barriers, like mountains or rivers, so they evolve diffrently.
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Spontaneous Generation

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Living things can come from non-living material.
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Gene Pool

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The genes of an entire population.
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Allele Freequency

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The percentage of any specific allele in the gene pool.
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Natural selection

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Organisms and species that survive and reproduce are the sole ancestors to the next generation of living things.

 

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Directional Selection

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Favors an extreme version of a trait.
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Stabilized Selection

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Favors average individuals, not extreme ones.
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Disruptive Selection

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Favors individuals with an extreme traits, not average ones.
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Dominate Allele

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The form of the gene that is visible or shown with a capital letter.(TT)
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Recessive Allele

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The form of the gene that gets covered up; shown with a lowercase letter.(tt)
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Genotype

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The combination of alleles in an organism.
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Phenotype

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The apperance or behavior caused by the genotype.
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Fossil Evidence

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The remains of an dead organism.
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Homologous Structures

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The features that have similar arrangements, functions, or even both.
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Antibiotic Resistance

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To resist or fight the drug.
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