Family - A group of organisms ranking above a genus and below an order.
Fission - An asexual reproductive process in which a unicellular organism divides into two or more independently maturing daughter cells.
Fitness - The extent to which an organism is adapted to or able to produce offspring in a particular environment.
Founder effect - A special case of genetic drift, occurring when a small group in a population splinters off from the original population and forms a new one.
Functionalism - The structure and workings of society. Functionalists see society as made up of inter-dependent sections which work together to fulfill the functions necessary for the survival of society as a whole.
Fission - An asexual reproductive process in which a unicellular organism divides into two or more independently maturing daughter cells.
Fitness - The extent to which an organism is adapted to or able to produce offspring in a particular environment.
Founder effect - A special case of genetic drift, occurring when a small group in a population splinters off from the original population and forms a new one.
Functionalism - The structure and workings of society. Functionalists see society as made up of inter-dependent sections which work together to fulfill the functions necessary for the survival of society as a whole.