Chapter 22
An Introduction to Evolution
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Parts
- 1What evolution means and where the idea came from4 min
- 2How natural selection changes populations4 min
- 3Evidence from breeding and geography4 min
- 4Convergent evolution and the fossil record4 min
- 5Homologies and vestigial structures5 min
- 6Evolution in genes and chromosomes5 min
Key terms
- microevolution
- macroevolution
- inheritance of acquired characteristics
- descent with modification
- biogeography
- endemic
- convergent evolution
- analogous structure
- transitional form
- homology
- homologous structure
- vestigial structure
- developmental homology
- molecular homology
- molecular evolution
- homologous gene
- ortholog
- paralog
- gene duplication
- gene family