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| the process or state of changing to fit a new environment or differnet conditions, or the resulting change |
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| one of two alternative forms of a gene |
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| decribes reproduction in which there is no fusion of male and female sex cells gametes, e.g. vegetative reproduction or budding |
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| the way in which a person, organism, or group has learned to respond to a specific set of conditions |
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| the way in which a person, organism, or group has learned to respond to a specific set of conditions |
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| a form of asexual reproduction in which an outgrouth of the parent becomes constricted and eventually separtes to form a new indivial |
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| the devices that animals use to blend into their environment in order to avoid being seen by predators or prey, especially coloration; something that is intened to hide, disguise, or mislead |
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| when stem cells begin to specialize into the body cells an organism needs to surive |
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| a rod-shaped structure,usaully foundin pairs in a cell nucleus that carries the genes that determine the sex and the characterisitics an organism inherits from its parents |
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| a molecule in the form of a twisited double strand double helix that is a major component of chromosomes and carries genitic information |
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| a gene that causes a parental characterisitic it controls to occur in any offspring |
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| consistent with agreed princples of correct moral conduct |
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| the union of male and female reproductive cells to produce a fertilized reproductive cell |
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| the division of a singled-celed organism into two equal parts, each part growing into a complete organism |
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| the basic unit capable of trabs mitting characterisitics from one generation to another |
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| the letter coding that is assigned to the alleles in genes when tracing family hereditary lines |
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| the transfer if gentically controlled characterisitics from of generation to the next in living organism |
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| the transfer if gentically controlled characterisitics from of generation to the next in living organism |
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| describes a cell or organism that has two or more different versions alleles of at least one of its genes |
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| having two identical genes for each allele in a gene set |
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| an organism that results from the mating fo parent from two distinct species or subspecies |
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| based on a strong natural inpulse |
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| describes behavior or knowlege that is required through training or experience rather than being instinctual |
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| in organism that reproduce sexually, a process of cell division during which the nucleus divides into four nuclei, each of which contains half the usal number of chromosomes |
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| the resemblance of a plant or animal to another speices ot to a feature of its natural surroudings, developed as protectiopn from other predators |
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| the process by which a cell divides into two daughter cells, each of which has the same number of chromosomes as the original |
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| a random change ina gene or chromosome resulting in a new trait or characteistic that can be inherited mutation can be a source of benefical genetic varation, or it can be neutral or harmful in effect |
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| the process where organisms best suited to surivival in their environment achieve greater reproductive sucess, thereby passing advantages genetic characterisitics on to future generations |
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| center of a cell that contains chromosomes and dna |
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| a persons or an animals young, or sometimes a descendant of a plant |
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| a persons or an animals young, or sometimes a descendant of a plant |
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| a persons or an animals young, or sometimes a descendant of a plant |
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| a persons or an animals young, or sometimes a descendant of a plant |
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| a persons or an animals young, or sometimes a descendant of a plant |
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| a persons or an animals young, or sometimes a descendant of a plant |
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| the visible characteristics of an orgaism resulting from the interaction between it's genetic makeup and the enviroment |
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| phenotypes which are determined by genotypes |
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| to transfer pollen grains from the male structure of a plant to the female structure of a plant sigma and fertilize it |
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| the likelihood that an event will occur |
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| having abcetors that belong to the same breed or variety as a result of a controllled breeding |
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| visual way of organizing the probility of a certain genetic trit of showing up in successive generations of offspring |
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| used to describe a gene that produces an effect in an organism only when its matching allale is identical |
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| to replace lost tissue or lost limb or organ with a new growth, or grow again after loss |
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| a form of asexual reproduction in which offspring develop off of the parent roots or runners coming out of its body |
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| reproduction that involves union of amle and female gametes, each contributing half of the gentic mackup of the resulting zygote |
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| tha evolutionary formation of new biological species, usually by one species that divides into two or more species that are gentically unique |
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