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| the variety of species and ecosystems on Earth and the ecological processes of which they are a part; ecosystem diversity, community diversity, and genetic diversity are three main components |
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| Living things of the same kind that are able to reproduce successfully |
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| An undeveloped organism in its beginning stages |
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| The study of how heritable characteristics are transmitted through generations of organisms |
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| A genetically identical copy of an entire organism or of its cells or genes; cloning is the process of creating a clone |
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| A structure in which DNA is arranged and along which genes are located |
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| Sac containing the female sex cells (gametes) of a plant |
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| The female reproductive organ of a flower |
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| The intentional altering of the DNA of an organism if a population if organisms |
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| the male reproductive organ of a flower |
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| relating to or affecting the body, especially the body as considered to be separate from the mind |
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| farming of ocean and freshwater plants and animals for human consumption |
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| a small, usually one-celled reproductive structure produced by seedless plants, algae, fungi, and some protozoans that is capable of developing into a new individual |
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| relating to or used in the home or everyday life within a household |
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| a nucleic acid molecule in the form of a twisted double strand double helix that is the major component of chromosomes and carries genetic information. DNA, which is found in all living organisms except some viruses, reproduces itself and is the means by which hereditary characteristics pass from one generation to the next. |
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| The air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time. |
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| a key for the identification of organisms based on a series of choices between alternative characters |
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| a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment |
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| the amount of one species in an habitat |
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| the process by which forms of life having traits that better enable them to adapt to specific environmental pressures, as predators, changes in climate, or competition for food or mates, will tend to survive and reproduce in greater numbers than others of their kind, thus ensuring the perpetuation of those favorable traits in succeeding generations |
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| an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances |
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| a habitat and its habitants, including its habits and how it interacts with other living and non-living things |
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| The primary subdivision of a taxonomic kingdom, grouping together all classes of organisms that have the same body plan |
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| The formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other |
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| the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism |
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| a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association |
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| a category of related classes within a phylum. |
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| Statistic which is intended to measure the biodiversity of an ecosystem |
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| the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species |
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| The adaptation of an organism or a part of an organism to a specific function or condition in response to environmental conditions |
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| an organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals |
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| living things of the same kind that are able to reproduce successfully |
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| change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift |
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| Breeding by humans of plants and animals with desireable traits to prodice offspring with those desireable traits |
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| Artificial collection and injection of sperm from male into a female; used in livestock breeding |
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| The use of living things to make agriculuturalm industrial or medicinal products |
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| A genetically identical copy of an entire organism or of its cells or genes; cloning is the process of creating a clone |
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| Fertilization that happens outside the body, usually in a petri dish; used in livestock breeding |
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| Two phenotypes possible. For example, EE Male and ee Female, attached ear lobes EE and Ee, detached is ee |
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| two different, dominance and recessive equals hybrid |
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| No recessive gene. Dominant C and Dominant S equals curly |
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