7.6

Evidence of Evolution

AP Biology

Evidence of Evolution

Fossil record

What fossils tell us

Limitations of the fossil record

Comparative anatomy

Homologous structures

Analogous structures

Vestigial structures

Molecular biology (molecular evidence)

DNA and protein sequence comparisons

Pseudogenes

Molecular clocks

Biogeography

Embryology

Direct observation of evolution

Summary: converging evidence

Vocabulary