natural and artificial selection

5. one step in the line of descent of a family of an organism
6. selection a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.
8. a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes
10. a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.
12. product of reproduction, a new organism produced by one or more parents
13. factors all the living organisms that inhabit an environment
15. factors nonliving components of environment
16. any necessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space
17. husbandry an agricultural activity associated with the raising of domesticated animals
18. breeding the human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits
19. organisms that have been geneticaly altered to improve their usefulness
20. group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

1. variation differences among individuals in the composition of their genes or other DNA segments
2. any living thing
3. interactions relationships between an organism or population and abiotic factors
4. traits a trait that is beneficial to an organism and will likely be chosen by natural selection
7. selection breeding organisms with specific traits in order to produce offspring with identical traits.
8. the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
9. a characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment, passed on through generations
11. engineering technology that includes the process of manipulating or altering the genetic material of a cell resulting in desirable functions or outcomes that would not occur naturally.
14. therapy the insertion of working copies of a gene into the cells of a person with a genetic disorder in an attempt to correct the disorder