chapter 7 Flashcards
a slight difference in an inherited trait among individual members of a species
variation
an inherited trait that increases an organisms change of surviving and reproducing in a particular environment.
adaptaion
the process by witch organisms with variations that help them survive in their environment live longer, compleat better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variation.
natural selection
the selection and breeding of organisms for desiord traits.
selective breeding
an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment.
camouflage
an adaptation in which one species that looks like an another species.
mimicry
a distinguishing characterisic of am organisms .
trait
the passing of traits from generation to generation
inheritance
a selection of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait
gene
an organisms complete set of genes
genotype
how a trait appears or its expressed
phenotype
a permanent change in the sequence of DNA, or the nucleotides , in a gene of chromosome.
mutation
