Honors Biology: Evolution

Evolution

A process that explains how life changed

Homolgous Structures

Similar structures that are shared by related species and have been inherited from a common ancestor

Analogus Structures

Body parts that have similar functions but do not have the same structure

Convergent Evolution

Distantly related organisms evolve to have similar features due to a common environment

Embryology

The study of development of embryos

Fossil Record

Collective history of life on earth documented by all discovered fossils.

Common Ancestor

All living and extinct species are untied by a common decent.

Molecular Evidence

Compares DNA sequences and amino acid sequence of similar proteins.

Vestigial Structures

Body parts that serve no purpose anymore.

I can explain the evidence for evolution using fossil record and homologous and analogous structures

Compare and contrast convergent and divergent evolution