Natural selection Flashcards
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Natural selection
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process where the organisms best adapted to and environment survive/continue E.g. finch’s Galapagos
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variation
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organism survives due to genetic features- E.g. tortoises Galapagos
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artificial selection
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choosing to breed particular organisms who have particular features
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Charles Darwin theory of natural selection
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overproduction, variation, competition, selection
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homozygous
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both alleles for the characteristic are the same RR or rr
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heterozygous
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alleles are dominant and recessive Rr
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heterozygous cross
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Rr x Rr
