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Themes in Biology

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domain   in a modern taxonomic system, the broadest category the category that contains kingdoms  
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kingdom   in a traditional taxonomic system the highest taxonomic category which contains a group of similar phyla  
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ecology   the study of the interactions between organisms and the other living and other nonliving components of their envirnment  
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ecosystem   a community of organisms and their abiotic environment  
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evolution   a heritable change in the characteristics within a population from one generation to the next; the development of new types of organisms preexisting types of organisms over time  
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natural selection   the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution  
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adaptation   the process of becoming adapted to an environment; an anatomical physiological or behavioral trait that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce  
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