DNA

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DNA

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molecule found in the nucleus of all living cells.

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Nucleotides

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consist of a sugar phosphate and a base

Question 3

Chargaffs rule

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found that the amount of adenine always equals the amount of thymine

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Watson and crick

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1950s discovered that DNA has a Double-helix structure

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Rosalind Franklin

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was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer who made contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.

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mutations

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charges in the number, type, or order of bases on a piece of DNA

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Adaptations

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has three related meanings. Firstly it is the dynamic evolutionary process that fits a population of organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness

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Species

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a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

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Evolution

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is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations

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Fossils

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is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Fossil Record

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A term used by paleontologists ( see paleontology ) to refer to the total number of fossils that have been discovered, as well as to the information derived from them.

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Charles Darwin

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was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.

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Trait

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a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person

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Selective Breeding

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is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females

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Natural Selection

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is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.

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Generation Time

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is the average time between two consecutive generations in the lineages of a population.

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Speciation

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is the evolutionary process by which biological populations evolve to become distinct species.

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Primates

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is a mammal of the order Primates.

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Hominid

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whose members are known as great apes or hominids, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo, the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan

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Homo sapiens

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is a human