Evo Vocab

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An organism's appearance or other observable characteristics:

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phenotype

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Genetic diversity decreases and individuals at the center of the curve have higher fitness.

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Stabilizing Selection

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Genetic drift is change in the allele frequency of a population due to...

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random chance

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When individuals at the upper and lower ends of the curve have higher fitness than individuals near the middle this is called _____

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disruptive selection

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What is convergent evolution?

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evolution toward similar traits in unrelated species

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The genetic makeup of an organism:

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genotype

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A trait that is expressed only when two recessive alleles are present:

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recessive

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A trait that is expressed when at least one dominant allele is present:

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dominant

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The process by which certain traits become more or less common in a population due to environmental pressures:

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natural selection

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The movement of alleles between populations due to migration:

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gene flow