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The universe tends toward
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disorder
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key to life is the chemical behavior of what? what does it do
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DNA
maintains order |
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What is a Gene
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fundamental unit of heredity
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What is Heredity
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Transmission of characters from parent to offspring by info encoded in parental germ cells
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Genetics
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studies heredity
great unifying areas of biological sciences |
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4 reasons genetics is unifying
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All life genetically derived from common process
2. All life has common system of Info (genetic code) 3. Genetic code 4. From virus to man |
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Genetic Code
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all living things use the same code, from virus to man, with some modifications.
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The genetic code is passed from _______ to ______
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generation to generation
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Green revolution
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period when farmers started using genetics to modify crop
Allowed us to feed world |
