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Mass extinction
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which
many species become extinct over a relatively short period of time
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Entire ecosystems vanish
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Causes: asteroid, volcanic eruptions, moving
continents, changing sea level
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New opportunities to survivors
Speciation: formation of new species
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Causes
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Reproductive isolation
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Behavioral isolation
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Geographic isolation
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Temporal isolation
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Darwin’s Finches
Evidence for Evolution
Fossils
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Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms
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Some fossils of extinct animals are similar to
living species
Anatomy and Embryology
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Homologous structures: structures that are
shared by related species and that have been inherited from a common ancestor
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Analogous structures: body parts that share
common function, but not structure
DNA
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The universal genetic code = evidence of common
descent
Differential Reproductive Success
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- Notiz am Ohne Titel, erstellt von K. Avery am 27/09/2014.
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- K. Avery · Sep 2014
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