Unit 7, Topic 3: Artificial Selection Vocabulary

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artificial selection

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process that breeds plants and animals with characteristics humans prefer

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evolution

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process by which a species changes over time

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natural selection

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organisms best suited to their environment pass on their genes to the next generation

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offspring

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new living things

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selective breeding

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choosing parents with particular traits to breed together and produce offspring with desirable traits

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biotechnology

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using biology for industrial or other purposes

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GMO (genetically modified organism)

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an organism that has been genetically altered

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gene

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segment of DNA that codes for a trait

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DNA

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material that carries information about how an organism will look and function