natural sellection Flashcards

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1
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a molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits

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DNA

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2
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in a nucleic acid chain a subunit that consits of a sugar a phosphate and a nitrogenous base

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nucleotide

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3
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a change in the base sequence of a gene or DNA molecule

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mutation

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4
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all DNA from cells must have a 1:1 ratio

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chargaff’s rule

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5
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they discovered DNA looks like a twisted ladder

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wattson and crick

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6
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he helped to discover the shape of DNA

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Rosalind Franklin

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the act of adapting

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adaptation

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a group of living organisms

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species

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9
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the making of a jugement

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evaluation

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10
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is a remanes of a extinctspeicies

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fossils

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11
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refers to the total number of fossils found

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fossil record

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12
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an English naturalist and biologist

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Charles Darwin

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13
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a distinguish quality of something

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trait

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14
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the act of breeding certain species

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selective breeding

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15
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when a species changes the phenotype to adapt to there habitat

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natural selection

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16
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the average time between two geneations

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generation time

17
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when species evolve to become a new species

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specation

18
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an animal in the order of primates

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primate

19
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members of this are known as great apes

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hominid

20
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a term for extinct human species

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homo sapien