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1
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Deoxyibonuclece Acid is also known as?

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DNA

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2
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What is the inside of a nucleus called?

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Nucleotide

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What is the rule in DNA where there is always equality in quantity between the bases A and T called?

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Chargaff’s Rules

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Who discovered the details of DNA in the 1950s?

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Watson and Crick

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Who was an English chemist and XRay crystallographer

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Rosalind Franklin

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What is the action or process of mutating?

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Mutations

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What is the process of change by which an organism or species or become better suited to its environment?

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Adaptation

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What is a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding called?

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Species

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

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Evolution

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What are preserved remains called?

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Fossils

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What do you call a total number of fossils?

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Fossil Record

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What English naturalist is best known for his contributions to the science of evolution?

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Charles Darwin

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What is a distinguishing quality or characteristic called?

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Trait

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What is the process by which humans use animal breeding to selectively develop particular phenotype traits called?

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Selective Breeding

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What is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype called?

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Natural Selection

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What is the average time between two consecutive generations called?

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Generation Time

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What is the evolutionary process by which biological populations evolve to became distinct species called?

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Speciation

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What is a mammal of the order Primates called?

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Primates

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What is a primate of a family called?

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Hominid

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What is another word for primate?

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Homo sapiens

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