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Title: Evolution Notes
Description: General notes on evolution from my high school biology class.
Description: General notes on evolution from my high school biology class.
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Unit 7 Evolution Study Guide
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Evolution: generation-to-generation change in the proportion of different inherited genes
in a population that account for all of the changes that have transformed life over an
immense time
Darwin proposed theory of evolution; two main points:
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Which organisms did Darwin study most extensively and where?
· Finches @ the Galapagos Islands while on the voyage of the HMS
Name of the book Darwin wrote: The Origin of Species
Biological fitness: contribution that an individual makes to the gene pool of the next
generation compared to the contribution of other individuals
Evidence of evolution
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Fossils
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Homologous, Analogous, & Vestigial Structures
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Geographic distribution of related species
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Embryology
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Recorded genetic changes in living organisms over many generations
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DNA
Which one is the most conclusive to prove evolution? DNA
Factors influencing evolution
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Genetic variation between individuals
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Natural selection
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Sexual recombination
Structures
Homologous structures: similar structure found in more than one species that share a
common ancestor
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Ex: Tetrapod Limb
Analogous structures: similarities among unrelated species that result from convergent
evolution
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Ex: wings of a butterfly vs
Title: Evolution Notes
Description: General notes on evolution from my high school biology class.
Description: General notes on evolution from my high school biology class.