Heredity
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| allele | one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
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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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| evolution | 1 the process by 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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| genotype | Biology
the genetic constitution of an individual organism. Often contrasted with phenotype.
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| natural selection | the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
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| punnet square | The Punnett square is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment.
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| trait | a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person:
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| recessive | undergoing an economic recession:
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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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| mutation | the action or process of mutating:
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