biology

2. The passing of genetic factors from parent to offspring (or from one generation to the next).
4. A process in nature in which organisms possessing certain genotypic characteristics that make them better adjusted to an environment tend to survive, reproduce, increase in number or frequency, and therefore, are able to transmit and perpetuate their essential genotypic qualities to succeeding generations.
5. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
7. A modification in structure, form or function in an organism, deviating from other organisms of the same species or group.
9. The process of tracing back two or more species to their common ancestor that indicate how they have diversified and diverged.
10. The process of tracing back two or more species to their common ancestor that indicate how they have diversified and diverged.
11. A permanent, heritable change in the nucleotide sequence in a gene or a chromosome; the process in which such a change occurs in a gene or in a chromosome

1. A trait or character that is genetically inherited or passed down from generation to generation.
3. A kind of evolution wherein organisms evolve structures that have similar (analogous) structures or functions in spite of their evolutionary ancestors being very dissimilar or unrelated.
6. the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera, especially as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics.
8. The fundamental, physical, and functional unit of heredity. 471