Evolution

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Total cards: 14•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Evolution

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A change over time that occurs over two levels; population and species

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Population

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A group of members of the same species living in the same place at the same time

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Species

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A group of members that can breed and produce fertile offspring

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Natural Selection

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A mechanism that allows population become better adapted to the environment over generations

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Fitness

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Ability to survive, reproduce more offspring compared to other individuals in the population

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Adaptation

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Inherited trait that increases chance of survival and reproduction

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3 Modes of Selection

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Stabilizing selection, Directional Selection, Disruptive Selection

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Stabilizing Selection

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Average favored

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Directional Selection

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One extreme favored

#10

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Disruptive Selection

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Both extremes favored

#11

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Alleles

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Versions of genes

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Darwin’s Observations on Adaptation

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• The Unity of Life • The Diversity of Life • The Match Between Organisms and Their Environment

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4 Components of Natural Selection

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• Populations are capable of producing large numbers of offspring • Variation is the fuel for Natural Selection • Individuals struggle for existence • The differential inheritance of GENES (survival of the fittest)

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Selection Pressures

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External environmental factors that affect the survival and reproduction success of a population