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- 1. Trait-contains DNA that has been altered using genetic engineering.
- 3. modified -an animal, plant, or microbe whose DNA has been altered using genetic engineering techniques
- 4. product of reproduction, a new organism produced by one or more parents.
- 6. Finches-Darwin studied finches on the Galapagos Island
- 7. Breeding-The process by which humans choose a plant or animal to breed based on specific traits
- 9. a self-replicating material that is present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.
- 11. Selection- The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
- 13. Traits- Characteristics that are passed on to you (inherited) from your parents
- 16. individual animal, plant or single-celled life form.
- 17. unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
- 18. of the fittest in biology-the continued existence of organisms which are best adapted to their environment, with the extinction of others, as a concept in the Darwinian theory of evolution.
- 19. Law-a system of law based on a close observation of human nature, and based on values intrinsic to human nature that can be deduced and applied independent of positive law
- 20. Beagle-Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class
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- 2. success and reflects how well an organism is adapted to its environment.
- 5. of numerous passerine songbirds (families Fringillidae, Estrildidae, Emberizidae, and Cardinalidae) having a short stout usually conical bill adapted for crushing seeds.
- 8. The surroundings or condition in which a person,animal or plant lives
- 10. A body part,feature, or behavior that helps a living thing survive and function better in its
- 12. living thing made up of one or more cells and able to carry on the activities of life (as using energy, growing, or reproducing) organism.
- 14. Darwin-Born in England (1809-1882)
- 15. distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.