6-2 Patterns of Evolution
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- Q1when two organisms, such a predator and prey, evolve in response to one anothercoevolution30s
- Q2slow changes in allele frequencies over a long period of timegradualism30s
- Q3rapid evolutionary change followed by periods of stabilitypunctuated equilibrium30s
- Q4when unrelated species evolve similar characteristics (analogous) because they live in similar environmentsconvergent evolution30s
- Q5sudden elimination of a species due to a catastrophic eventmass extinction30s
- Q6when isolation causes two populations of organisms to become so different they can no longer reproduce with each other and produce viable offspringspeciation30s
- Q7takes 2 organisms to make offspring; process of meiosis to create gametessexual reproduction30s
- Q8process of binary fission; mitosis where only one parent produces identical offspringasexual reproduction30s
- Q9divergent evolution; the evolution of many diverse species from a common ancestor; they have homologous structuresadaptive radiation30s