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Flashcards by Cassandra Bisson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Cassandra Bisson
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| LESSON 1 - What is diversity? | Diversity is a product of the process of evolution, where all life shares a common ancestor. |
| LESSON 1 - What is natural selection? | The ability to adapt to a specific place and evolve accordingly. |
| LESSON 1 - What did Charles Darwin notice on his theory of evolution? | 2 Things noticed, a huge diversity of species on earth, and species living far apart on the globe exhibited similar traits. |
| LESSON 1 - Who helped Charles Darwin develop his theory? | He did it with the help of Carl Linnaeus’s system of classifying organisms, called binomial nomenclature. |
| LESSON 1 - What was the orgin of species a result of? | It was the result of evolution by natural selection. |
| Haploid (n) | Half the genetic information (23 chromosomes) |
| Diploid (2n) | Complete set of genetic information (46 chromosomes) |
| Centromere | Middle region of chromosome, attracts spindle fibres |
| Codominance | Occurs when both alleles are fully expressed |
| Incomplete Dominance | Not all alleles are fully dominant or recessive |
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