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| 2. | The reproductive isolating mechanism that prevents fertilization from occuring. |
| 5. | Similarities in patterns of embryonic development suggest shared ________. |
| 8. | When the environment changes, traits that were once helpful may be harmful, and traits that once had very little value may become ___________. |
| 11. | Species concept based on reproductive compatibility. |
| 12. | Gene flow is affected by _________ into and out of a population. |
| 14. | Traits organisms no longer need or use, but hang around because their lack of posing a threat to the organism means they do not get selected against by evolution. (2 Words) |
| 18. | Human directed, intentional breeding based on certain characteristics. (2 Words) |
| 19. | Different survival and reproduction among individuals of a population whose traits vary. (2 Words) |
| 21. | When a geographic barrier causes on group of individuals to be reproductively isolated from another group. (2 Words) |
| 23. | Darwin went to sea on the ship called: (2 Words) |
| 25. | Similar body parts that arise from similar environmental conditions rather than shared ancestry. (2 Words) |
| 28. | A measure of relative reproductive success. |
| 32. | When one extreme phenotype is selected. (2 Words) |
| 33. | Before Darwin, how often did people believe species changed? |
| 35. | Evolution does not progress toward a perfect organism; instead traits can __________ between different adaptations in response to changing environments. |
| 36. | Variations in traits influence an individual's ability to secure resources, influencing: (3 Words) |
| 37. | Over time, macroevolutionary changes in a population's allele frequency can lead to new __________. |
| 40. | All species use the same ___________ and the same 20 Amino acids. (2 Words) |
| 41. | The protein from the electron transport chain that we can compare between species to see how many amino acid differences there are (to help see how closely related they are). (2 Words) |
| 42. | Exchange of genetic material between populations. (2 Words) |
| 43. | The genetic change in a population over time. |
| 44. | Species concept based on common ancestry. |
| 45. | Analogous structures are an example of ________ evolution. |
| 46. | Small changes. |
| 47. | The splitting of one species into two or more species. |