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Evolution

Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes such as genetic drift and natural selection act on genetic variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more or less common within a population over successive generations. The process of…

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Heredity

Sources of variation

Evolutionary forces

Natural outcomes

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Evolutionary history of life

History of evolutionary thought

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Evolution

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Evolution

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related to External links · 55
Evolution → Adi, Adobe Flash, Algorithms, Archived, Arlington County, BBC, Berkeley, Bibcode, California, Carl Sagan, Chastain, Christos, Cosmos, Darwin's, East Lansing, Erick, Evolution Resources, Experimental Evolution, History, Human Evolution Timeline Interactive
related to Darwinian revolution · 30
Evolution → Advancement, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alfred Wallace, America's, American Association, An Essay, At, Charles Darwin, Darwin, Darwin's, For, In, Linnean Society, London, Marsh, On, Origin, Othniel, Partly, Population
related to Pre-Darwinian · 27
Evolution → Aristotelian, Attributes, Buffon, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin, Comte, Deity, Erasmus Darwin, Evidences, Existence, Georges Cuvier, Georges-Louis Leclerc, However, In, It, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's, John Ray, Lamarckism, Natural Theology, New Science
related to Pangenesis and heredity · 18
Evolution → August Weismann, Darwin, Darwin's, Darwinian, De Vries, Gregor Mendel, Haldane, Hugo, In, Mendel's, Mendelian, Ronald Fisher, Sewall Wright, The, To, Towards, Vries, Weismann's
related to Extinction · 14
Evolution → Despite, Earth, Extinction, Human, If, Nearly, Paleogene, Permian, Present-day, The, The Cretaceous, The Holocene, These, Triassic
related to Common descent · 13
Evolution → All, Coral, Current, Darwin, Due, Earth, First, Fourth, Second, The, Third, This, To
related to Natural outcomes · 13
Evolution → Although, Earth, Earth's, For, However, In, Indeed, Macroevolution, Most, Organisms, Simple, These, Thus
related to Social and cultural responses · 13
Evolution → As, Creation, Earth, However, In, Natural History, On, Origin, Species, Today, United States, Vestiges, While
related to Further syntheses · 10
Evolution → Advances, DNA, Francis Crick, In, James Watson, Molecular, Rosalind Franklin, Since, The, Theodosius Dobzhansky
related to Middle Ages · 10
Evolution → Arab Muslim, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, Christian, Ibn Khaldun, In, Middle Ages, Muqaddimah, This, Variations

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Evolutionis achange in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations0.90text
genetic driftinstance ofIt occurs when evolutionary processes0.80text
natural selection act on genetic variationinstance ofIt occurs when evolutionary processes0.80text
resulting in certain characteristics becoming more or less common within a population over successive generationsinstance ofIt occurs when evolutionary processes0.80text
the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiaeinstance ofHorizontal transfer of genes from bacteria to eukaryotes0.80text
the adzuki bean weevil Callosobruchus chinensis has occurredinstance ofHorizontal transfer of genes from bacteria to eukaryotes0.80text
the level of inbreedinginstance ofThe effective population is usually smaller than the total population since it takes into account factors0.80text
the stage of the lifecycle in which the population is the smallestinstance ofThe effective population is usually smaller than the total population since it takes into account factors0.80text
mammals andinstance ofGC-biased gene conversion makes an important contribution to composition in diploid organisms0.80text
cumbersome antlersinstance oftraits0.80text
mating callsinstance oftraits0.80text
large body sizeinstance oftraits0.80text

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