Physical Inherited Traits

Structural Adaptations

mimicrycamoflaugeTakes place over thousands or millions of

years

STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS

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Change in a metabolic process

WHAT DO YOU HEAR ABOUT IN THE NEWS ABOUT SOME BACTERIA?

PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS

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WHAT OTHER INDUSTRIES WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT RESISTANCE?

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Body parts that are similar in related species

HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES

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Two body parts that perform the same function, but evolved seperately

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ANALOGOUS STRUCTURES

THE REMAINS OF AN ORGAN THAT WAS ONCE USED BY THE ORGANISM, BUT MAY BE USED BY ANOTHER ORGANSIM

VESTIGIAL STRUCTURE

WHAT IS THE VESTIGIAL STRUCTURE IN THESE FISH?

GIVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A VESTIGIAL STRUCTURE.

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EMBRYOSEmbryos of different organisms have the same

basic structures

EMBRYOS

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BIOCHEMISTRYAll organisms use the same amino acids for

DNA and RNA

OTHER EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION

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Biology: The Dynamics of Life; Glencoe 2004

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/home.php http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/evolution/index.html http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1995/ http://www.darwinday.org/englishL/life/beagle.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/index.html DR. LUE, LIFE SCIENCE-HHMI OUTREACH PPT.

REFERENCES

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