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Living Environment - Coggle Diagram
Living Environment
Natural Selection
the process by which the organisms that are best adapted to a specific environment survive and produce more offspring than organisms that are not as well adapted
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Environment
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Fitness
Fitness is the quantitative representation of natural and sexual selection within evolutionary biology. It can be defined either with respect to a genotype or to a phenotype in a given environment.
Adaptations
a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
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, or the deletion, insertion, or rearrangement of larger sections of genes or chromosomes.
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Peppered Moth
a temperate species of night-flying moth. Peppered moth evolution is an example of population genetics and natural selection.
Dominant Trait
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Recessive Trait
a trait that must be contributed by both parents in order to appear in the offspring. Recessive traits can be carried in a person's genes without appearing in that person.
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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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Genetic Variation
diversity in gene frequencies. Genetic variation can refer to differences between individuals or to differences between populations. Mutation is the ultimate source of genetic variation, but mechanisms such as sexual reproduction and genetic drift
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Extinction
The termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds, usually a species.