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CHAPTER 23AN INTRODUCTIONTO EVOLUTION
Prepared by
Brenda Leady,
University of Toledo
 
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Biological evolution
A heritable change in one or morecharacteristics of a population or speciesacross many generations
Viewed on a small scale relating tochanges in a single gene in a populationover time
Viewed on a larger scale relating toformation of new species or groups of species
 
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Species
Group of related organisms that share adistinctive form
Among species that reproduce sexually,members of the same species are capableof interbreeding to produce viable andfertile offspring
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