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Evolution
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BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION:
a slow & continuous process that causes changes in the gene pool of a form of life
MICRO EVOLUTION:
adaptions
small changes in a gene pool which alters appearance or functioning leading to adaptions to the environment (within a species)
MACRO EVOLUTION:
speciation
large changes in the gene pool occurring over long periods of time leading to the development of new groups of organisms
GENETIC DRIFT:
changes in gene frequency which occurs by chance
most noticeable in small populations
FOUNDER EFFECT:
a new founder organism which doesn't have the small distribution of alleles as the general
BOTTLENECK EFFECT:
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