71-80 Flashcards
(10 cards)
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- The passing of genetic material from parent to offspring.
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- Inheritance
1
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71.A physical characteristics of an organism.
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- Phenotype
2
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73.Any specific characteristic of an individual.
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- Trait
3
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- The formation of new and different sets of chromosomes or genes
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- Recombination
4
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- The process that makes the sex cells by reducing the chromosome number
in half.
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- Meiosis
5
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- The joining of male and female reproductive cells to produce a new
organism.
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- Fertilization
6
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- The term for sex cell, egg or sperm.
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- Gamete
7
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78-The descent with modification of organisms from common
ancestors.
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- Biological Evolution
8
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- The process by which individuals that are better suited to their
environment survive and reproduce most successfully. (survival of the fittest)
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- Natural Selection
9
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- The inherited traits that increases an organism’s chance of survival.
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- Adaptations
