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Macroevolution |
major evolutionary change. The term applies mainly to the evolution of whole taxonomic groups over long periods of time |
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Vertical Gene Transfer |
the transmission of genes from the parental generation to offspring via sexual or asexual reproduction. |
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Horizontal Gene Transfer |
refers to thetransfer of genes between organisms in a manner other than traditional reproduction |
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Microevolution |
evolutionary change within a species or small group of organisms, especially over a short period |
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Homeobox |
A homeobox is a DNA sequence, around 180 base pairs long, found within genes that are involved in the regulation of patterns of anatomical development (morphogenesis) in animals, fungi and plants. |
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Hox Gene |
Hox genes (also known as homeotic genes) are a group of related genes that control the body plan of an embryo along the anterior-posterior (head-tail) axis |
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Recombination |
the rearrangement of genetic material, especially by crossing over in chromosomes or by the artificial joining of segments of DNA from different organisms |
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Gene Flow |
In population genetics, gene flow (also known as gene migration) is the transfer of alleles orgenes from one population to another. Migration into or out of a population may be responsible for a marked change in allele frequencies (the proportion of members carrying a particular variant of a gene) |
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Hardy-Weinberg Principle |
The Hardy–Weinberg principle, also known as the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, model, theorem, or law, states that allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of other evolutionary influences |
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Binomial Nomenclature |
the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithe |
