Key Terms in Evolution and Natural Selection

adaptation,

artificial selection,

biogeography,

bottleneck effect,

convergent evolution,

differential reproductive success,

directional selection,

disruptive selection,

evolution,

fitness,

fixation,

fossil,

founder effect,

gene flow,

genetic drift,

heritability,

homologous structure,

inheritance,

migration,

mutation,

natural selection,

population,

radiometric dating,

sexual selection,

stabilizing selection,

trait,

vestigial structure,

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