last week vocabulary
A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring
species
survival of the fittest
natural selection
a species has a rapid change over a short time and then it remains stable for a long period of time
punctuated equilibrum
an organism with the exact same genes as the parent organism
clone
the preserved remains/traces of an organism that lived in the past
fossil
any difference between induvisuals of the same species
variation
small changes in an organism over a long period of time which add up to a big change
gradualism
genes from one organism are transferred into another organism
genetic engineering
a trait that increases an organisms chance of survival
adaption
the process of selecting organisms with desired traits to be passed down to the next generation
selective breeding
inserting copies of a gene directly into another cell
gene therapy
the process of change over time
evolution
breed 2 induvisuals with desired characteristics
inbreeding
a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
scientific theory
breeding of 2 organisms in hopes of having the best traits
hybridization