| TERMS | DEFINITIONS |
| Evolution | The change over time in specie is called
evolution |
| Adaptive radiation | The formation of new forms from an ancestral species in response to the opening of new habitats is called adaptive radiation. |
| Geology | The study of the earth is called geology. |
| Allele | The change in frequency of alleles in a
population is called evolution. |
| Frequency of alleles | The abundance of a particular allele in relation to the sum of all alleles at that locus in a population is called frequency of an allele. |
| Gene pool | The total genes of a trait in a population are called gene pool. |
| Modern synthesis | The combination of the principles of
population genetics and Darwinian evolutionary theory is called modern |
| Population genetics | The study of the genetic events in gene pools is called population genetics. |
| Genetic drift | The change in gene frequencies by chance is called genetic drift. |
| Gene flow | Changes in gene frequency due to migration of individuals are called gene flow. |
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