Natural Selection Flashcards
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly.
Nucleotide
Are organic molecules that serve as the monomers, or subunits, of nucleic acids like DNA.
Chargaff’s Rules
States that DNA from any cell of all organisms should have a 1:1 ratio.
Watson and Crick
The two twentieth-century biologists
Rosalind Franklin
Was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer.
Mutations
The action or process of mutating.
Adaptation
Is a trait with a current functional role in the life of an organism
Species
A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable
Evolution
The process by which different kinds of living organisms
Fossils
The remains of an organism.
Fossil Record
A historical sequence of life indicated.
Darwin
Was an English naturalist and geologist
Trait
A genetically determined characteristic.
Selective Breeding
The human practice of breeding.
Natural Selection
The process by which individuals