AP Biology Unit 2 Evolution Vocabulary – adaptation directional selection adaptive radiation disruptive selection allele divergent evolution (aka cladogenesis allopatric endosymbiosis) analogous structure epoch artificial selection evo-devo evolution background extinction rate evolutionary fitness biogeography extinction biological species fixation (of alleles) coevolution homologous structures common ancestor homology comparative anatomy hybrid convergent evolution Last Universal Common Ancestor Darwin mass extinction fossil migration fossil record Miller-Urey experiments founder effect modern synthesis geologic time molecular clock scale geology mutation gene flow relative dating gene pool reproductive isolation genetic bottleneck RNA world genetic rock strata genetic equilibrium speciation genetic variation species genotype stromatolite gradualism (aka anagenesis) sympatric Hardy-Weinberg equation transitional fossil natural selection vestigial organ paleontology panspermia parallel evolution phenotype phylogeny polymorphism polyploidy population postzygotic isolating mechanism prezygotic isolating mechanism primordial environment radiometric dating random mating differential survival
AP Biology Unit 2 – Evolution Vocabulary adaptation adaptive radiation allele allopatric analogous structure artificial selection background extinction rate biogeography biological species coevolution common ancestor comparative anatomy convergent evolution Darwin fossil fossil record founder effect geologic time scale geology gene flow gene pool genetic bottleneck genetic genetic equilibrium genetic variation genotype gradualism (aka anagenesis) Hardy-Weinberg equation natural selection paleontology panspermia parallel evolution phenotype phylogeny polymorphism polyploidy population postzygotic isolating mechanism prezygotic isolating mechanism primordial environment radiometric dating random mating differential survival directional selection disruptive selection divergent evolution (aka cladogenesis endosymbiosis) epoch evo-devo evolution evolutionary fitness extinction fixation (of alleles) homologous structures homology hybrid Last Universal Common Ancestor mass extinction migration Miller-Urey experiments modern synthesis molecular clock mutation relative dating reproductive isolation RNA world rock strata speciation species stromatolite sympatric transitional fossil vestigial organ
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