Diversity of Life, Classification and Evolution

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What are the four sources of genetic variation in a larger group?
Mutation, immigration or emigration, gene recombination, genetic drift
Describe the Jawless Fishes (Agnatha)
No true teeth, fiber/cartilage internal skeleton, gills, swims with no fins
Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes)
Bone like teeth scales on skin, interaly cartilage skeleton, gills, swims with fins
Bony Fishes (Osteichthyes)
Bones, "ray fins", internal bony skeleton, gills, swims with fins
Amphibians
Limbs, lungs, internal bony skeleton, breathes through lungs and skin, swims and hops
Reptiles
Dry scaly skin, soft egg shell, internal bony skeleton, lungs, and crawls, slithers
Birds
Feathers, wings, hard shells, with internal bony skeleton, lungs, flies or runs
Mammals
Mammary glands, live birth, internal bony skeleton, lungs, varies
Precambrian
Eukaryotes, prokaryotes existed
Paleozoic
Algae, fungi, moss, marine inverts, fish existed
Mesozoic
Reptiles, dinosaurs, ferns, and conifers existed
Cenozoic
Mammals, flowering plants
Genetic Variation
Overtime indiiduals mate and genes begin to change due to mutations
Competition
Forces the formation of new subpopulations
Environmental Pressure
Something in the environment changes