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Unit 11 24-25
Inherited Traits
Term | Definition |
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Adaptation | a characteristic or trait that helps an organism survive in its environment |
Artificial selection | process by which humans choose individual organisms with certain phenotypic trait values for breeding |
Asexual reproduction | reproduction involving only one parent organism |
Genetic variation | differences in traits among organisms of the same species |
Mutation | a random change in a gene |
Natural selection | process by which organisms change over time as those with traits best suited to an environment pass on their traits to the next generation |
Sexual reproduction | – process in which two parents contribute genes to form a new individual |
Traits | a genetically determined characteristic |
Diversity | a measure of the range and distribution of certain features within a given population. |
Generation | a succession of birth cohorts; it is essentially the average period during which offspring are born, develop and mature, and then have offspring of their own. |
Offspring | he young creation of living organisms, produced either by a single organism or, in the case of sexual reproduction, two organisms. |