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Figliomeni Evolution Review

Horizontales
Darwin said that life _________-too many offspring produced than can survive
2 word name for all the alleles present in a population
The best adapted organisms survive and produce offspring (2 words)
The field of study of Lyell and Hutton
The study them looks at similarities in the early development of vertebrate animals
Molecular evidence for evolution often narrows to similarities in _____ to show relationships of life on earth
Individuals that have variations that are beneficial are most likely to survive and reproduce (4 words)
The development of a new species over a long period of time
Selective pressure that favors the more average phenotype
Proposed a theory of evolution based on acquired characteristics
Similar species of bird found on the Galapagos Islands, adapted to specific food sources
Slight differences between members of the same species
Called __________ evolution, describes when distantly related organisms evolve similar adaptations to the pressures of survival
Verticales
The concept of industrial ______ describes the darkening of the pepper moth population as an example of evolution
Abbreviated DRS...Differential _____ __ ______ (3 words)
Structures with different functions that come from a common ancestor (DNA) such as limb bones in many vertebrate animals
“Evolution by humans”
Scientist that developed the theory of natural selection
A change in the allele frequency in a population over time
Struggle between members of a population for limited resources
Inherited structures now smaller and with most or all of the original function lost
An inherited trait that makes an organism better able to survive in its environment
If a trait continues in a population...it MUST _______ fitness
Said the human population is growing faster than the available food supply leading to competition