Define all the following terms.
1. Evolution
2. Fossils
3. Relative dating
4. Radioactive dating
5. Isotopes
6. Law of Superposition
7. Principle of Horizontal Originality
8. Natural Selection
9. Artificial Selection
10. Natural variation
11. Struggle for existence
12. Fitness
13. Adaptation
14. Descent with Modification
15. Homologous structures
16. Vestigial organs
17. Gene
18. Gene pool
19. Mutation
20. Gene shuffling
21. Polyploidy
22. Single-gene traits
23. Polygenic traits
24. Allele
25. Directional selection
26. Stabilizing selection
27. Disruptive selection
28. Allele frequency
29. Genetic drift
30. Speciation
31. Reproductive Isolation
32. Behavioral isolation
33. Temporal isolation
34. Geographical isolation
35. Mass extinction
36. Convergent evolution
37. Coevolution
38. Adaptive radiation
39. Punctuated equilibrium
40. Hox genes
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