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22 Cards in this Set
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anthromorphism
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the ascription of human characteristics to nonhuman beings
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primates
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group of animals that includes lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes and humans
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evolution
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descent with modification
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Carl von Linne
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came up with a system to classify living things
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analogy
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structure that is superficially similar
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homology
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structure possessed by two different organisms that arise in similar fashion and pass through similar embryonic stages
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species
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population capable of interbreeding that is reproductively isolated from other populations
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genera (genus)
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a group of like species
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catastrophism
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view that layers of fossil were evidence of new acts of divine creation
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uniformitarianism
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forces shaping today are no different than past forces
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natural selection
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evolutionary process through which factors in the environment exert pressure that favors some individuals over others for survival
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gene
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portion of DNA that directs synthesis of proteins. able to produce copy of itself
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law of segregation
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variants of genes for a train retain their identities through generations
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law of independent assortment
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genes controlling different trains are inherited independently of each other
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DNA
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complex molecule with info to direct synthesis of proteins. DNA molecules can replicate themselves
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codon
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3 base sequence of DNA that specifies production of an amino acid
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RNA
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carries instructions from DNA to produce amino acids for protein building
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transcription
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process of conversion of DNA to RNA
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ribosome
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site of translation
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translation
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conversion of RNA information into proteins
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genetic code
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sequence of DNA bases that specifies production of a particular amino acid
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enzyme
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proteins that initiate and direct chemical reactions in an organism
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