Cellular reproduction that results in two identical diploid daughter cells.
Mitosis
The original nucleic acid from which all mRNA is copied and then proteins are made.
DNA
he type of the allele which is most likely to be expressed in offspring.
Dominant
Historic evidence that shows the remains of plants or animals and that suggests evolutionary trends.
Fossils
Organisms make their own food using sunlight or chemical energy. |
Producer
Cellular reproduction that results in 4 haploid daughter cells, each with half of the genetic information of the parent cell.
Meiosis
The first of two steps in protein synthesis in which DNA's genetic sequence is copied to make a strand of mRNA.
Transcription
The genetic characteristics that makes up an organism.
Genotype
Anatomical characteristics that are similar in structure but different in function.
Homologous
Organisms that must get their energy from other organisms.
Consumers
Double helix strand of nucleic acid found in the nucleus of the cell.
DNA
The second of two steps during protein synthesis in which mRNA codons are used to assemble long chains of amino acids on the ribosomes.
Translation
The physical characteristics that makes up an organism.
Phenotype
Anatomical characteristics that are similar in function but different in structure.

Analogous
Ecological factors that encompass all nonliving elements that influence ecosystems, such as landforms, water, air, sunlight, and climate.
Abiotic
Single-stranded nucleic acid that has A, U, G and C as its nitrogen bases.
RNA
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The “building blocks” of proteins that are coded for first as "codons" within the DNA and then as “anti-codons” within mRNA.
Amino Acid
The process in which chromosomes exchange a portion of DNA and that results in genetic diversity.

Crossing-over
The evidence for evolution that compares similarities and differences in early-stage organisms.

Embryology
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An ecological factor that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing such as food, mates, and competition with other organisms for resources.
limiting
A section of a chromosome that controls a particular trait.
Gene
A type of mutation that occurs when a single nitrogen base is missing or replaced and can result in an altered protein.
Gene or point mutation.
The random process where new combinations or sequences of DNA result in new genotypes of phenotypes.
Mutation
The process in which humans intervene in breeding to experiment with or create new combinations of genes.
Artificial Selection
The maximum number of individuals within a species that can be supported by a given area of land, water, or air.
Carrying capacity