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CSET Genetics And Evolution
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CSET Genetics And Evolution
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1. The formation of new species as a result of evolution

2. The movement of individuals into an area

3. Organ that serves no useful function in an organism

4. Change to a chromosome in which a fragment of one chromosome attaches to a nonhomologous chromosome

5. Change to a chromosome in which part of the chromosome is repeated

6. A genetic crosses that involve one trait. e.g TT plant crossed with tt plant has offspring who are heterozygous Tt.

7. Organ no longer serves a function

8. Impression made from a organism in soft material such as sand or mud.

9. Proteins are made of...

10. Another term for pure breeding

11. A change in the base sequence of DNA; the ultimate source of new alleles

12. Change to a chromosome in which a fragment of the chromosome is removed

13. Because of base pairing in DNA the amount of

14. Types of rocks formed after exposure to very high heat. Because of the high temperatures - fossils are not able to be recovered from these types of rocks. Absolute or radioactive dating is possible - however.

15. Disappearance of a species from all parts of its geographical range

16. The specific location of a gene on a chromosome

17. Mating of 2 oism that differ in 2 characters

18. Three mRNA nucleotides that code for a specific amino acid

19. Speciation which does not involve a period of geographical separation

20. Organism is preserved at very low temperatures. Preservation of both hard and soft parts can occur.

21. Process by which an organism is slowly turned to stone as the body is replaced by minerals.

22. When competition causes two closely related species to become more different in regions where their ranges overlap

23. Populations that can interbreed with neighboring populations but not with populations separated by larger geographical distances

24. Three dimensional shape of organism made from a mold. May be created with plaster or over time with minerals.

25. Method of replication that implies that each new strand of DNA is half original and half new