Restless Genes

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Prospect

Back

the chance that something might happen in the future

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

Millennia

Back

One Thousand Years

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Front

Discipline

Back

a branch of knowledge

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

Provocatively

Back

done in a way that causes a strong reaction

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

Nomadic

Back

moving from place to place a lot

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

Gene

Back

a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and determines some characteristic of the offspring.

Front

Mutation

Back

a change in the DNA sequence that can lead to changes in traits.

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Natural Selection

Back

the process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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Evolution

Back

the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Phenotype

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the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.