Due Tomorrow Flashcards
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Mechanism
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a natural or established process by which something takes place or is brought about.
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Natural Selection
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the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. The theory of its action was first fully expounded by Charles Darwin and is now believed to be the main process that brings about evolution.
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Competition
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interaction between organisms, populations, or species, in which birth, growth and death depend on gaining a share of a limited environmental resource.
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Expression
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the appearance in a phenotype of a characteristic or effect attributed to a particular gene.
