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the production of offspring that does notinvolve the union of gametes |
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| hereditary information from two parts of a single organism or from two organisms of the same species |
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| the process by which cells become different from one another through multiplying and following various genetic instructions |
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in a microscope, the lens in the eyepiece |
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a living thing that consists of more than one cell |
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a living thing composed of one cell |
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the responding variable in an experiment |
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an experimentally manipulated variable |
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| in an experiment, a group or individual that serves as a standard of comparison with another group or individual to which it is identical except for one factor |
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| a segment of DNA that contains coding for a polypeptide or protein; a unit of hereditary information |
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| one of seven fundamental units of SI measurement that describe length, mass, time, and other quantities |
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distinct environmental communities |
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| all the changes that have formed life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity that characterizes it today |
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| the theory that organisms that have certain favorable traits are better able to successfully reproduce than organisms that lack these traits |
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the process by which an organism grows |
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the stable internal conditions of a living thing |
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a statement that can be tested experimentally |
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| a broad and comprehensive statement of what is believed to be true, supported by considerable experimental evidence resulting from many tests of related hypotheses |
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| the study of interactions of organisms with one another and with their environment |
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| an instrument that uses a beam of electrons rather than a beam of light to enlarge the image of an extremely small object so that it can be seen |
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