Adapation And Evolution

Controls inherited characteristics

Form of a gene that can make an organism well suited to its environment

A random and spontaneous change to genetic information and is the only source of new alleles

Mutations that have little effect on an organism

Mutations that provide an advantage to an organism and increase its chance of survival

Mutations that can be harmful and so decreases its chance of survival

A factor which increases the rate of a mutation (eg radiation chemicals)

A characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment

An adaptation that physically gives an organism an advantage to survive

An adaptation that causes an animal to change their actions in order to survive

An adaptation that causes a change in the internal body of an organism to help them survive

A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring

Can be behavioural ecological or geographical