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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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Ammonoid
Archaeology; Evolution
Extinct relatives of cephalopods (squid, octopi, and chambered nautiluses), these mollusks had coiled shells and are found in the fossil record of the Cretaceous period.
Pesticide-resistant insects
Archaeology; Evolution
Insects with the ability to survive and reproduce in the presence of pesticides. These resistant variants increase in frequency over time if pesticides remain present in their environment.
Distance
Archaeology; Evolution
In taxonomy, referring to the quantitatively measured difference between the phenetic appearance of two groups of individuals, such as populations or species (phenetic distance), or the difference in ...
Hardy-Weinberg principle
Archaeology; Evolution
In population genetics, the idea that if a population experienced no selection, no mutation, no migration, no genetic drift, and random mating, then the frequency of each allele and the frequencies ...
Monkey trial
Archaeology; Evolution
In 1925, John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for teaching evolution in his Dayton, Tenn. , classroom in the first highly publicised trial concerning the teaching of evolution. The press reported ...
De facto
Archaeology; Evolution
In fact; in reality. Something which exists or occurs de facto is not the result of a law, but because of circumstances.
Numerical taxonomy
Archaeology; Evolution
In general, any method of taxonomy using numerical measurements. In particular, it often refers to phenetic classification using large numbers of quantitatively measured characters.
