Natural Selection Flashcards
A trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
Adaptive Trait
A related organism from a previous generation
Ancestor
A long piece of DNA that contains many genes
Chromosomes
The number of individuals with each trait in each population
Distribution
A characteristic that all members of a species have
Feauture
An instruction for making a protein molecule
Gene
A specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
Gene Version
A group of individuals born and living at about the same time
Generation
A random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
Mutation
A group of the same type of organism living in the same area
Population
A type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
Protein Molecule
Something in an environment that affects an individual’s chances of surviving
Selection Pressure
A group of organisms of the same kind that don’t produce with organisms from another group
Species
A specific characteristic of an individual organism
Trait
Any difference in traits between individual organisms
Variation
