Summary of the Diversity of Life

Summary of the Diversity of Life

This text summarizes key points related to organizing life on Earth, and determining evolutionary relationships.

Topics

  • adaptation
  • adaptive radiation
  • allopatric speciation
  • analogous structure
  • bottleneck effect
  • convergent evolution
  • dispersal
  • divergent evolution
  • founder effect
  • gene flow
  • gene pool
  • genetic drift
  • homologous structure
  • inheritance of acquired characteristics
  • macroevolution
  • microevolution
  • migration
  • modern synthesis
  • natural selection
  • population genetics
  • speciation
  • sympatric speciation
  • variation
  • vestigial structure
  • vicariance