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Vocab
For vocab quiz Friday 3/2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antibiotics | Chemical substances that help your body fight off an infection by killing harmful bacteria |
| Traits | A specific version of a characteristic that varies from one individual to another. |
| Variation | A difference in genes, traits, or behaviors among members of a population, which may result in differences in reproductive success. |
| Pattern | Something that happens in a repeated or predictable way |
| Adaptation | A heritable trait favored by natural selection for its current function |
| Genes | A specific sequence of DNA that determines one or more traits |
| Natural Selection | Differential survival or reproduction of different inherited traits in a population leading to changes in the gene frequencies of a population. |
| Evolve | To change heritable traits from one generation to the next. |