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Vocabulary for Evolution 2

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artificial selectionprocess by which humans encourage the development of specific traits by increasing the reproductive success of individuals with those traits
bottlenecka process by which the genetic makeup of a population changes because all but a few individuals in the population are eliminated
coevolutionthe process by which two or more species evolve in response to each other
competitionthe struggle between organisms for limited resources
convergent evolutionthe process by which unrelated species evolve similar characteristics that help them survive in similar environments
divergent evolutionthe process by which two or more populations evolve differently from a common parent population
geographic isolationreproductive isolation that is caused bya geographical barrier such as a river
holmolgous structuresfeatures in different species that have the same evolutionary origin, butmay perform different functions at present


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