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Which term describes the similarity resulting from common ancestry?
Which term describes the similarity resulting from common ancestry?
What are anatomical resemblances that represent variations on a structural theme present in a common ancestor called?
What are anatomical resemblances that represent variations on a structural theme present in a common ancestor called?
What are remnants of features that served important functions in the organism's ancestors called?
What are remnants of features that served important functions in the organism's ancestors called?
What is the term used for the virulent strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) shown in Figure 19.15?
What is the term used for the virulent strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) shown in Figure 19.15?
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What is the process of descent with modification called?
What is the process of descent with modification called?
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Which term refers to the anatomical and molecular similarities resulting from common ancestry?
Which term refers to the anatomical and molecular similarities resulting from common ancestry?
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What are the anatomical similarities in vertebrate embryos called?
What are the anatomical similarities in vertebrate embryos called?
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What do all vertebrates have during the embryonic stage, according to Figure 19.17?
What do all vertebrates have during the embryonic stage, according to Figure 19.17?
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What are the anatomical resemblances in mammalian forelimbs called?
What are the anatomical resemblances in mammalian forelimbs called?
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What is the term used for the process of descent with modification?
What is the term used for the process of descent with modification?
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Convergent evolution is the evolution of similar features in distantly related groups because they have a common ancestor.
Convergent evolution is the evolution of similar features in distantly related groups because they have a common ancestor.
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Analogous traits arise when groups independently adapt to similar environments in different ways.
Analogous traits arise when groups independently adapt to similar environments in different ways.
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Convergent evolution can result in the evolution of analogous traits.
Convergent evolution can result in the evolution of analogous traits.
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The fossil record provides evidence of species extinction, but not the origin of new groups.
The fossil record provides evidence of species extinction, but not the origin of new groups.
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Fossils can document important transitions, such as the transition from sea to land in the ancestors of cetaceans.
Fossils can document important transitions, such as the transition from sea to land in the ancestors of cetaceans.
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The fossil record only provides evidence of species extinction, not changes within groups over time.
The fossil record only provides evidence of species extinction, not changes within groups over time.
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Convergent evolution is the evolution of similar features in closely related groups.
Convergent evolution is the evolution of similar features in closely related groups.
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Analogous traits arise when groups independently adapt to different environments in similar ways.
Analogous traits arise when groups independently adapt to different environments in similar ways.
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The fossil record can document the transition from land to sea in the ancestors of cetaceans.
The fossil record can document the transition from land to sea in the ancestors of cetaceans.
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Convergent evolution occurs when closely related groups independently evolve similar features due to similar environmental pressures.
Convergent evolution occurs when closely related groups independently evolve similar features due to similar environmental pressures.
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