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    Homologous Structures

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    Today we have artificial selection which is the reproduction of two organisms with help from humans to create desired traits. You theorized that homologous and analogous structures helped support your theory of evolution. Three things you studied‚ homologous structures‚ analogous structures‚ and natural selection‚ greatly helped prove your theory of evolution among species. Homologous structures are very important when discussing the theory of evolution. Homologous structures are structures in organisms

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    Most educated people in Europe and the Americas during the 19th century had heard of or been exposed to Charles Darwin and the concept of evolution. Although he did not invent the idea‚ he did carry out the necessary research to document that evolution occurred and then made the idea acceptable for scientists and the general public. This was not easy to do‚ as the idea of evolution was not widely accepted because of the views of the post-revolutionary France. These ideas were considered a threat

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    foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural world. His ideas and observations paved a road for new ideas and a new window of opportunity. He is one of the fathers of sicence.He made many discoveries in the Galapagos island animals like the finch. Charles Robert Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury‚ Shropshire into a wealthy and well-connected family. The journey begins: Darwin himself initially planned to follow a medical career‚ and

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     producing a theory 150 years ago that still drives the  contemporary scientific agenda  By Gary Stix   When the 26­year­old Charles Darwin sailed into the Galápagos Islands in 1835 aboard the HMS  Beagle​ ‚ he took little notice of a collection of birds that are now intimately associated with his  name. The naturalist‚ in fact‚ misclassified as grosbeaks some of the birds that are now known as  Darwin’s finches. After Darwin returned to England‚ ornithologist and artist John Gould began  to make illustrations of a group of preserved bird specimens brought back in the ​

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    7 The Evolution of Living Things Biological evolution explains how populations change over time. SECTION 1 Change over Time . . . . . . . . . . 166 2 How Does Evolution Happen? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 3 Natural Selection in Action. . . 180 PRE-READING About the Can you find two eyes and a mouth in this photo? The eyes and mouth belong to an adult flounder. Adult flounders swim on their sides and have both eyes on one side of their body. These characteristics allow flounders to lie flat

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    Evolution is the change of something over time. The evolution of our earth‚ and it species has been a very debated topic over time. There is a lot of evidence that supports evolution and you have found a lot of great evidence that proved this theory to be true. The proposal that species variation locally‚ globally and over time was your idea‚ and is agreed with widely today. Natural selection is one of your other theories that is known all over the world today. Both natural selection and species

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    Darwin is one of the most well known scientists to date. Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was highly controversial and not widely accepted. The ideas Darwin wrote about in his book had never been heard before and went completely against the church. Darwin said that all species on the Earth originated from one common ancestor. Then as time went on‚ that one species adapted differently based on the environment they were in. This kept happening until they became completely

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    years old sailed for the British empire‚ he visited the Galapagos islands once there he was intrigued how certain animals on the island evolved. Darwin later published a theory of natural selection called “The origin of species” supporting his theory he included how the finches beck and body size differed for one location to another causing a certain finch to survive which Darwin claims to be the direct result of natural selection in the Galapagos. although Darwin theory’s have made many strides in discovering

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    Biology Study Guide Which one of the following statements is false? Selected Answer: a. Factors that alter DNA and make cells cancerous are called carcinogens. Which one of the following is false? Selected Answer: b. DNA packing tends to promote gene expression. Silencers are sites in DNA that Selected Answer: c. bind repressor proteins to inhibit the start of transcription. Proteins that bind to DNA and turn on operons by making it easier

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    Essay 4: explain what is meant by the term species. How might a single species become two separate species? A species is a group of similar organisms that can breed together to produce fertile offspring. A species is a basic unit of classification. Members of singles species have certain things in common. Firstly they are similar to one another but different from members of other species. They have similar genes and therefore closely resemble one another physically and biochemically. They

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