natural selection

Question 1

natural selection

Answer 1

process where the organisms best adapted to an environment survive continue

Question 2

variation

Answer 2

A variation from an accepted standard can be very important. For example, a variation in a heartbeat pattern can tell a doctor that a heart attack might be imminent.

Question 3

artificial selection

Answer 3

Artificial selection is an evolutionary process in which humans consciously select for or against particular features in organisms

Question 4

Charles Darwin theory of natural selection

Answer 4

Natural selection explains how genetic traits of a species may change over time

Question 5

homozygous

Answer 5

Individuals carrying two identical alleles (RR or rr) are known as homozygous. While individual organisms bearing different alleles (Rr) are known as heterozygous.