Evolution #1
When two unrelated organisms evolve similar characteristics because they evolved in the same environment
What is Convergent Evolution?
Proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection
Who is Charles Darwin
What evidence of evolution involves comparing amino acid sequences?
What is Biochemical analysis?
Preserved remains of ancient organisms
What are Fossils
Individuals with an intermediate value of an inherited phenotype have the advantage
What is Stabililizing Selection
Things like canyons, mountain ranges, and oceans that cause reproduction separation of a species.
What is geographic isolation?
Structures that are similar in anatomy but not in functionality
What is a Homologous Structure
When one species evolves into many
What is divergent evolution
Where did Charles Darwin spend much time observing differences and similarities between organisms?
What are the Galapagos Islands?
When a freak accident wipes out part of the population
What is bottleneck effect
What evidence of evolution involves the comparison of early developmental stages of organisms?
What is embryological analysis?
Individuals of one extreme of a phenotype have the advantage over others
What is Directional Selection
The differences in the physical traits of organisms
What is variation
This is another term for Natural selection
What is The survival of the fittest
Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships between organisms.
What is a cladogram?
Individuals of either extreme of an inherited phenotype have the advantage over the intermediate forms
What is Disruptive Selection
The ultimate source of genetic variation
What is genetic mutation
What is the name of the book in which Charles Darwin introduced his theory on evolution?
What is Origin of Species?