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- Created on: 24-01-13 12:37
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- Biodiversity
- Definition
- Measure of number of species on the planet
- Biosphere
- Species - a group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring
- Common ancestors
- Liinkages found through amino acid sequencing. The similar the sequence the closer the relation
- Similar structures
- Analogous- looks superficially similar as they have similar functions.
- Homologous- suggest a common ancestor, even though they might have different functions.
- Evolution
- Adaptive radiation
- Change of organisms over time with a formation of a new species
- Charles Darwin-Hms Beagle
- Natural selection
- Extinction
- Bottle necks-mass extinction due to the change in environment
- Fossils
- Dead remain of plants and animals
- Found in sedimentary rock
- Definition
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