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2. variation REFERS TO THE DIFFERENCES AMONG INDIVIDUALS IN A POPULATION
4. ISOLATION OF A POPULATION DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN COMMUNICATION, MATING RITUALS, OR OTHER BEHAVIORS
7. STATE OF GENETIC EQUILIBRIUM CHARACTERIZED BY A LARGE POPULATION, NO MIGRATION, NO NATURAL SELECTION, NO MUTATIONS, AND RANDOM MATING
11. TYPE OF NATURAL SELECTION IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS AT EITHER EXTREME OF THE BELL CURVE ACHIEVE HIGHER FITNESS AND THE AVERAGE IS SELECTED AGAINST
12. selection THE IDEA THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS BEST SUITED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT WILL ACHIEVE HIGHER FITNESS
13. frequency PERCENT OF INDIVIDUALS OF A POPULATION THAT HAVE A PARTICULAR TRAIT - EXPRESSED AS A NUMBER BETWEEN 0 AND 1
16. MIGRATION OF NEW INDIVIDUALS INTO A POPULATION
17. drift RANDOM CHANGES IN ALLELE FREQUENCIES ATTRIBUTED TO LUCK, NOT FITNESS
18. A NECESSARY OR DESIRED COMMODITY IN AN ECOSYSTEM - INDIVIDUALS OF A POPULATION WILL COMPETE FOR THESE
19. MEASUREMENT OF THE ABILITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE SUCCESSFUL OFFSPRING
21. HARDY-WEINBERG EQUATION THAT STATES THAT ALL THE DOMINANT ALLELES (p) + ALL THE RECESSIVE ALLELES (q) REPRESENT ALL THE ALLELES PRESENT IN A POPULATION
24. GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SPECIES THAT LIVE IN THE SAME AREA AT THE SAME TIME AND CAN INTERBREED
25. ISOLATION OF A POPULATION DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF MATING

1. WHEN ORGANISMS WILL IMPERSONATE OTHER ORGANISMS TO INCREASE FITNESS
3. MIGRATION OF INDIVIDUALS OUT OF A POPULATION
5. effect WHEN A SMALL PART OF A POPULATION IS SEPARATED FROM THE REST AND COLONIZES A NEW AREA - THEY OFTEN RESPOND DIFFERENTLY TO NATURAL SELECTION PRESSURES
6. WHEN A POPULATION EXPERIENCES A RAPID, DRASTIC REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE POPULATION - REDUCES VARIATION AND CHANGES ALLELE FREQUENCIES OF THE POPULATION
8. SELECTION WITHIN A POPULATION DUE TO HUMAN INTERFERENCE AND SELECTION OF DESIRED TRAITS
9. flow DESCRIBES THE MOVEMENT OF GENES/ALLELES/INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN 2 NEIGHBORING POPULATIONS - MAKES POPULATIONS MORE ALIKE
10. ANY CHARACTERISTIC THAT INCREASES THE FITNESS OF AN INDIVIDUAL
14. ISOLATION OF A POPULATION DUE TO PHYSICAL BARRIERS SUCH AS A FENCE, MOUNTAIN RANGE, OR BODY OF WATER
15. TYPE OF NATURAL SELECTION IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS WITH ONE EXTREME PHENOTYPE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE AND THE OTHER EXTREME IS SELECTED AGAINST
20. selection TYPE OF NATURAL SELECTION IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS WITH THE AVERAGE PHENOTYPE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE AND THE EXTREMES ARE SELECTED AGAINST
22. COLLECTION OF ALL THE ALLELES PRESENT IN A POPULATION
23. HARDY-WEINBERG EQUATION THAT STATES THAT ALL THE HOMOZYGOUS DOMINANT INDIVIDUALS (p2) + ALL THE HETEROZYGOUS INDIVIDUALS (2pq) + ALL THE HOMOZYGOUS RECESSIVE INDIVIDUALS (q2) REPRESENT ALL THE INDIVIDUALS IN A POPULATION