This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
Key Terms
Evolution |
The change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations |
Natural Selection |
the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change. |
Criteria Necessary for Natural Selection to Occur
Genetic variation in the population |
Overproduction of offspring |
Struggle for existance |
Differential survival and reproduction |
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What Causes Evolution? Selective Pressures
Predation |
Disease |
Food and Space Availability |
Mate choice via Sexual Selection |
Physical conditions such as salinity and temperature |
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