Descent with modification is a principal that is closely linked to natural selection. It means that the descendants of a parent species will have been slightly modified, and their descendants will be slightly modified, and so on. Natural selection is the engine that drives this modification- and ensures that this change is in a direction that better suits the species to its environment. In this way, species are constantly changing, though extremely slowly.
The geological record can show how a certain species has slowly changed over time. As we follow a species through hundreds of thousands of years, parts of its organization become modified as the species becomes better suited to its environment, or to other environments that allow it to extend its range. These changes in physical aspects can be seen in fossils and show, for example, how a fin for swimming evolved into a leg for walking.
True. Fossils provide evidence of descent with modification by demonstrating how species have changed over time through the fossil record. Transitional fossils show characteristics that are intermediate between different groups, illustrating the gradual changes that occur within lineages. This evidence supports the theory of evolution by showing the relationships between ancient and modern species.
The ideas of descent with modification are based on fossils and the modern organisms he found basically says that genetic changes are inherited by later generations.
The ideas of descent with modification are based on fossils and the modern organisms he found basically says that genetic changes are inherited by later generations.
The ideas of descent with modification are based on fossils and the modern organisms he found basically says that genetic changes are inherited by later generations.
Biologists use the term "evolution" when referring to descent with modification, which encompasses the changes in inherited traits of a population over successive generations.
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No, it's the other way around: descent with modification is what you need for natural selection to happen.
True. Fossils provide evidence of descent with modification by demonstrating how species have changed over time through the fossil record. Transitional fossils show characteristics that are intermediate between different groups, illustrating the gradual changes that occur within lineages. This evidence supports the theory of evolution by showing the relationships between ancient and modern species.
The ideas of descent with modification are based on fossils and the modern organisms he found basically says that genetic changes are inherited by later generations.
The ideas of descent with modification are based on fossils and the modern organisms he found basically says that genetic changes are inherited by later generations.
The ideas of descent with modification are based on fossils and the modern organisms he found basically says that genetic changes are inherited by later generations.
The ideas of descent with modification are based on fossils and the modern organisms he found basically says that genetic changes are inherited by later generations.
The theory of descent with modification.
The ideas of descent with modification are based on fossils and the modern organisms he found basically says that genetic changes are inherited by later generations.