Organisms of the same species at the same level of descent from a common ancestor:
Generation
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Improvement of a trait or function through natural selection.
Adaptation
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A characteristic of an organism:
Trait
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Organisms inherit two possibilities for each trait, one from each parent. This combination of genes is its:
Genotype
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A process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less favorable traits, causing the favorable traits to become more common in the population.
Natural Selection
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An organisms traits are caused by its genotype. The effect is the organisms:
Phenotype
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A group of organisms of the same species that can produce fertile offspring and are in the same area.
Population
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How many alleles does an organism inherit from each parent?
1
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Why are siblings similar but not exactly the same?
They inherit a unique set of chromosomes from each parent.
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Traits that are considered helpful for an organisms to survive in its environment are:
Favorable traits
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Black labs (dominant fur color) can still have yellow puppies (recessive fur color) under what conditions?
Both parents carry the recessive allele in their genotypes
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How many chromosomes do human gametes have?
23
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What is the percent chance that offspring will inherit a homozygous recessive genotype if both parents are heterozygous for the trait?