science vocab

3. how genetic material is passed on from parent to child.
4. a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
5. the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
6. a measure of the likelihood of a statement or a theoretical expectation is correct.
9. the production of new organisms by the combination of genetic information of two individuals of different sexes.
12. the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change
13. the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations.
15. the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA, or the deletion, insertion, or rearrangement of larger sections of genes or chromosomes.

1. a term used to describe the variation in the DNA sequence in each of our genomes.
2. The process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.
7. a mode of reproduction in which a new offspring is produced by a single parent.
8. when a cell replicates itself asexually without any genetic alteration or recombination.
10. the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.
11. a genetically determined characteristic.
14. Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.