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OCR A-Level Biology Evolution Summary

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A HandWritten summary which contains all the necessary A* Content for Evolution at OCR A-Level Biology.

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Theory of evolution Well adapted animals reproduce better
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Charles Darwin
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Evidence for evolution
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Paleontology Study of fossils
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Comparative anatomy study of similarities and differences in anatomy
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Comparative biochemistry Similarities and differences in the chemical makeup
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of organisms

Homologous structures :

Structures that appear different in different
organisms but have the

same structure
underlying
Evolutionary embryology Embryos of different animous look and develop similarly
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Types of Variation :

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interspecific
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between species

intraspecific Within a species
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Genetic Causes of Variation :
Alleles mutations , meiosis ,
,
reproduction chance ,




Adaptations :

Characteristics that increase an
organisms chance of survival and reproduction
in environment
a
given
Anatomical :



physical (internal and externall features .




↳ Body covering ,
teeth
camouflage mimicry sunhen stomata leaf hairs
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, , ,



Behavioural How an both learned and inverted
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organism acts
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↳ Survival
behaviours hibernation courtship
, ,
,
migration
Innate Inherited
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through genes building webs
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ie

Learned
Through experience of tools
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i e the use
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or observation
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Physiological Processes inside
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that take
place organism
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an

↳ Poison
production ,
antibiotic production , water
holding

Analogous Structures perform the same function from different genetic origins
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convergent evolution Unrelated species begin to share similar fraits
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↳ Response to selection pressures

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