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Changes within a population over long periods of time.
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An evolutionary force due to environmental factors such as competition, predation, and climate change.
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An evolutionary force due to mate selection and preference.
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An evolutionary force due to selective breeding that is determined by humans.
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A 19th century naturalist who is known as the father of evolutionary biology and author of the landmark book on evolution, “On The Origin of Species by Natural Selection”.
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All of the organisms in a specified area and their nonliving surroundings.
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An organism's role in the ecosystem. The food it eats, where it lives, and any other way it impacts its surroundings.
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A segment of DNA that codes for one specific protein.
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An individual's specific combination of alleles for a given gene.
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A visible characteristic due to an individual's genotype.
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The passing down of genes from one generation to the next.
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A genotype where both alleles of a given gene are the same.
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A genotype where the alleles of a given gene are different.
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A phenotype that only requires one allele of a particular gene to be active.
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A phenotype that requires both alleles of a particular gene to be active.
