Evolution

Evolution

Of or pertaining to the change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations, as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals, and resulting in the development of new species.

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cranium

Archaeology; Evolution

The part of the skull that protects the brain in vertebrates.

gestation

Archaeology; Evolution

The period in animals bearing live young (especially mammals) from the fertilization of the egg and its implantation into the wall of the uterus until the birth of the young (parturition), during ...

plan of nature

Archaeology; Evolution

The philosophical theory that nature is organized according to a plan. It has been influential in classification, and is a kind of idealism.

idealism

Archaeology; Evolution

The philosophical theory that there are fundamental non-material "ideas," "plans," or "forms" underlying the phenomena we observe in nature. It has been historically influential in classification.

founder effect

Archaeology; Evolution

The loss of genetic variation when a new colony is formed by a very small number of individuals from a larger population.

electrophoresis

Archaeology; Evolution

The method of distinguishing entities according to their motility in an electric field. In evolutionary biology, it has been mainly used to distinguish different forms of proteins. The ...

Mendelian inheritance

Archaeology; Evolution

The mode of inheritance of all diploid species, and therefore of nearly all multicellular organisms. Inheritance is controlled by genes, which are passed on to the offspring in the same form as they ...