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A structural adaptation that enables an organism to blend in with its environment

Ability of an animal to look like another more harmful animal

A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

natural selection

A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.

Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.

Preserved remains of once-living organisms

biochemical evidence

used to compare organisms by studying their DNA and associated proteins (amino acid sequences)

homologous structures

Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry.

common ancestor

The shared ancestor of new, different species that arose from one population

geographic isolation

Isolation between populations due to physical barriers

reproductive isolation

Separation of species or populations so that they cannot interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Formation of new species

adaptive radiation

An evolutionary pattern in which many species evolve from a single ancestral species

Assignment of objects or people to categories on the basis of shared characteristics.

dichotomous key

a key for the identification of organisms based on a series of choices between alternative characters