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| Allele | Two or more alternative of gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
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| Evolution | The process which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
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| Gene | A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
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| Genotype | The genetic constitution of an individual organism.
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| Natural Selection | Process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
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| Dominant | Most important, powerful, or influential.
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| Extinction | The state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming extinct.
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| Genetics | The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
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| Mutation | The changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA.
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| Phenotype | The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
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| Recessive | Genetics relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents.
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