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What blood type has the most protein antigens in it? |
AB positive |
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Carbon-14 dating is a method of finding the -?- age of fossils less than 60,000 years old |
Absolute |
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The fancy name for the disorder caused by a dominant gene which results in little people. |
Achondroplasia |
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Lamarck believed that evolution was the result of -?- traits being passed on. |
Acquired |
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Darwin said species changed as they -?- to their environments. |
Adapted |
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Guanine and -?- are both purines. |
Adenine |
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The odds of having a Down syndrome child goes up as the -?- of a man goes up. |
Age of the wife |
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Darwin's theory of evolution attributed -?- life on earth to a common ancestor. |
All |
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All organisms have two -?- for any given gene. |
Alleles |
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-? structures look the same but evolved from different organs. |
Analogous |
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The various forms of a gene are called -?- |
Alleles |
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During which phase of mitosis do the sister chromatids get pulled apart? |
Anaphase |
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Proving that different species have a common -?- proves evolution. |
Ancestor |
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The theory of evolution includes the idea that fossils represent the -?- of species alive today. |
Ancestors |
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Darwin came up with the theory of evolution as an -?- to the many questions raised by his observations. |
Answer |
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Humans have been able to mold species to our liking through hundred of years of -?- |
Artificial selection |
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Darwin noticed that people have been changing species for hundreds of years using -?- selection. |
Artificial |
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-?- reproduction is fast, but produces no variation. |
Asexual |
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What codon codes for methionine? |
AUG |
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A karyotype shows two sex chromosomes and 44 -?- |
Autosomes |
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Who discovered that gene were made of DNA in 1944? |
Avery |
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The first forms of life on Earth were -?- |
Bacteria |
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Cells in a girl often have a -?- because the cell deactivates one of the X chromosomes and pushes it to the side. |
Barr body |
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In translation a sequence of -?- becomes a sequence of amino acids. |
Bases |
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Darwin took a 3-year voyage on a ship named -?- |
Beagle |
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If one type of ant won't mate with another species of ant because it does not smell right, then those two species are using a -?- isolation technique. |
Behavioral |
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The graph of the phenotypes of a polygenic trait will usually be a -?- shaped curve. |
Bell |
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Humans have -?- of bases in their DNA. |
Billions |
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RNA is like a -?- of the parts of the master plan. |
Blueprint |
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A chromosome is like a -?- in the master plan. |
Book |
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A recessive gene on the X chromosome will be expressed most often in -?- |
Boys |
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It is a fact that evolution -?- occur. |
Can |
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Spiders are -?-, using their silk to make webs and catch prey." |
Carnivores |
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According to figure 10-1 all snails have the same size -?- |
Cells |
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The -?- era began about 65 million years ago |
Cenozoic |
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How naturally created organic chemicals could have formed into living -?- is still a mystery to science. |
Cells |
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A -?- is a carnivorous arthropod with 2 legs per segment |
Centipede |
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The thing in the middle of a chromosome that holds the chromatids together is called a -?- |
Centromere |
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What is the one thing that all Echinoderms lack? |
Cephalization |
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What part of a crayfish is covered by the carapace. |
Cephalothorax |
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Who discovered that the amount of C and G are always the same in samples of DNA? |
Chargaff |
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The Miller and Urey experiments showed how some organic -?- could be made by natural processes. |
Chemicals |
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Each half of a chromosome is called a -?- |
Chromatid |
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DNA that is not bundled up is called -?- |
Chromatin |
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A -?- is a highly coiled DNA molecule visible only during cell division. |
Chromosome |
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An identical twin born to a different mother at a different time would be a -?- |
Clone |
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If the recombination frequency is low (don't recombine much) then the genes must be -?- on the chromosome. |
Close together |
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DNA that is copied and bundled is called a -?- |
Chromosome |
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Since people who are heterozygous for the sickle cell anemia gene have both round and crescent shaped cells, the normal and the sickle cell gene must be -?- |
Codominant |
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What is the name of the insect order with the most species? |
Coleoptera |
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Humans have 46 - |
Chromosomes |
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If a bear looks gray because it has white hairs and black hairs then the black and white genes must be -?- |
Codominant |
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True independent assortment rarely happens because the genes for traits are bundle together on -?- |
Chromosomes |
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Overproduction causes the offspring to -?- for the limited resources. |
Compete |
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Insects have -?- eyes |
Compound |
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-?- inhibition cause normal cells to stop growing when they become crowded by neighboring cells. |
Contact |
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Different species in similar environments will likely undergo -?- evolution. |
Convergent |
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The -?- of a virus is made of DNA |
Core |
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The process of -?- allow for novel combinations of genes to be created from a limited pool of chromosomes. |
Crossing over |
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What are the newly discovered chemicals called that have a controlling influence over the cell cycle? |
Cyclins |
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Approximately 1 out of 30 people is a carrier for the gene that causes -?- |
Cystic fibrosis |
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,The final part of the cell cycle when the cell becomes two cells is called -?- |
Cytokinesis |
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What is the complimentary base that goes with guanine in a DNA molecule? |
Cytosine |
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The specialization of cells into different tissues is know as -?- |
Differentiation |
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Meiosis produces new cells that are genetically -?- from each other and the cell they came from. |
Different |
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There were a lot of -?- during the Mesozoic era. |
Dinosaurs |
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-?- selection will cause the average of a polygenic trait to shift either higher or lower |
Directional |
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"Natural -?- can cause evolution, even in the absence of natural selection." |
Disasters |
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-?- selection will not change the average of a polygenic trait, but it will reduce the number of individuals that have the average." |
Disruptive |
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A -?- is produced by analyzing the junk DNA between the genes. |
DNA fingerprint |
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What enzyme reads/copies the DNA molecule during replication. |
Dna polymerase |
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Lamarck did not realize that the only thing a parent passes on to its offspring is -?- |
Dna |
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One reason really big cells cannot exist is that the -?- can only control so much. |
Dna |
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What was transforming the nice bacteria into killer in Griffith's experiments? |
Dna |
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Mendel believed the F1 generations of hybrids were all the same was due to the -?- of certain traits. |
Dominance |
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Darwin figured that if the -?- could change as Hutton and Lyell suggested, them maybe life could change. |
Earth |
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The similarities in -?- of different species can be explained by the theory of evolution. |
Embryos |
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Where do human stems cells come from? TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY |
Embryos |
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The only real difference between a clone and any other individual is the way the -?- was made. |
Embryo |
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The -?- theory says that the organelles of the first eukaryotic cells were actually bacteria living symbiotically within other bacteria. |
Endosymbiotic |
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Many traits are the results of an interaction between genetic factors and -?- factors. |
Environmental |
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During natural selection it is the -?- that determines which organisms will survive. |
Environment |
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Species on different continents look similar because they have been evolving in similar -?-. |
Environments |
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If a population is not evolving then it must be in a state of genetic -?- |
Equilibrium |
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Today -?- is defined as a change in the frequency of the alleles in a population. |
Evolution |
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What do we call the parts of the DNA that actually code for proteins? |
Exons |
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Echinoderms use -?- reproduction, and the parents never meet each other. |
External |
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In Griffith's experiments a mixture of nice and killer bacteria would probably not harm the mice. truth or false |
False |
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The chelicerae of spiders are basically -?- |
Fangs |
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If the recombination frequency is high then the genes must be -?- on the chromosome. |
Far apart |
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During -?- the DNA of two cells is joined into one. |
Fertilization |
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There were a lot of -?- during the Paleozoic era |
Fish |
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Natural selection only lets the -?- survive. |
Fittest |
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Bugs have muscles that extend and -?- joints. |
Flex |
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Darwin collected -?- and samples of the living species during his voyage. |
Fossils |
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The most compelling evidence that evolution has occurred is the -?- record. |
Fossil |
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The crustaceans usually have -?- antennae. |
Four |
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A deletion of a base in DNA results in a -?- shift mutation that will affect many amino acids. |
Frame |
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Who took the x-ray photos of DNA that helped Watson and Crick figure out the structure of DNA? |
Franklin |
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The relative -?- of an allele gives its percentage of the gene pool for that trait. |
Frequency |
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Darwin noticed that the climate of the different -?- islands varied along with the species that lived on them. |
Galapagos |
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-?- is used to make DNA fingerprints and to separate DNA pieces based on their sizes. |
Gel electrophoresis |
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The modern definition of a -?-, is a section of DNA that controls a particular trait. |
Gene |
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,It takes many -?- for evolution to occur. |
Generations |
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Differentiation is accomplished in humans by the control of the expression of -?- |
Genes |
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DNA stores and transmits -?- information. |
Genetic |
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-?- is evolution caused by accident rather than natural selection. |
Genetic drift |
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What do we call a section of DNA that codes for a protein? |
Gene |
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If one species does not mate with another species because a river separates them, then that is a -?- isolation technique. |
Geographical |
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The -?- distribution of species can be explained by the fact that species on different continents descended from different ancestors. |
Geographic |
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Crustaceans use -?- for respiration. |
Gills |
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A dominant gene on the X chromosome will be expressed most often in -?- |
Girls |
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What amino acid would be coded for by CAG on the RNA molecule? |
Glutamine |
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Darwin believed in a slow and steady evolution know today as -?- |
Gradualism |
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What color would the feathers be of a heterozygous bird be if they carry a black gene that has incomplete dominance over the white gene it carries? |
Gray |
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What crayfish organ lies in the head near the brain? |
Green glands |
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A genotype with two different alleles (such as in most hybrids) is said to be -?- |
Heterozygous |
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According to figure 11-12, what color coat is recessive to all other colors accept albino? |
Himilayan |
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What amino acid would GTA on the DNA eventually result in after transcription and translation? |
Histidine |
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What are the protein molecules called that help DNA bundle in Eukaryotic cells? |
Histones |
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-?- structures look different but evolved from the same organs. |
Homologous |
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A genotype with two identical alleles is said to be -?- |
Homozygous |
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What geologist who wrote a book in 1795 about how geological forces have shaped the Earth? |
Hutton |
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-?- can produce new types of plants with traits that represent the best of both worlds. |
Hybridization |
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If the male P-generation and the female P-generations were different, then the offspring would be -?-" |
Hybrids |
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Mitosis produces new cells that are genetically -?- to each other and the cell they came from |
Identical |
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It is possible but -?- to clone humans today. |
Illegal |
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Although -?- can cause problem, it does maintain the desired characteristics in the offspring." |
Inbreeding |
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The fossil record provides an -?- history of life on Earth. |
Incomplete |
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There are always twice as many alleles as there are -?- in the population. |
Individuals |
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What do we call the parts of the DNA that don't say anything |
Introns |
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Usually a mutation of an -?- will not harm a person. |
Intron |
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All arthropods have -?- appendages. |
Jointed |
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A picture of your chromosomes during mitosis. |
Karyotype |
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The malpighian tubules of insects have the same function as human -?- |
Kidneys |
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If we ANALYZE DATA we find that the cells of the -?- take about 6 days to complete a life cycle. |
Large intestine |
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The immature form of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis is called a -?- |
Larva |
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A one point the entire Earth was one big ball of -?- |
Lava |
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The job of a queen insect is to -?- |
Lay eggs |
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Having an extra chromosome is usually a -?- condition |
Lethal |
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A person can -?- without a Y chromosome, but not without an X chromosome |
Live |
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The good thing about having half your blood cells sickle shaped is that you are less likely to get -?- |
Malaria |
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The anterior pair of swimmerets are enlarged in the -?- crayfish. |
Male |
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There were a few small -?- alive during the Mesozoic era. |
Mammals |
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During artificial selection, it is -?- that decides who will live and die." |
Man |
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Crustaceans usually have mouth parts called -?- |
Mandibles |
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It is important to place -?- on the DNA of transformed organism so that we can tell them apart from the natural species |
Markers |
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Most non-social insects communicate in order to find -?- |
Mates |
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What process turns one normal diploid body cell into 4 haploid sex cells. |
Meiosis |
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The -?- era had a mass extinctions before and after it. |
Mesozoic |
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During which stage of mitosis do the chromosomes line up along the middle of the cell? |
Metaphase |
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The evidence suggest that it was a -?- that caused the mass extinctions. |
Meteorite |
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Hutton said that it took -?- of years for the Earth's features to form. |
Millions |
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A -?- is a detritivore, with 4 legs per segment. |
Millipede |
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-?- are used by creationists as proof that the fossil record does not show evolution. |
Missing links |
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What process creates new skin cells to replace old ones? |
Mitosis |
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During -?- an insects sheds its old exoskeleton |
Molting |
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What nucleic acid tells the ribosome which amino acid comes next? |
Mrna |
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-?- are a source of variation in an asexually reproducing population. |
Mutations |
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Though out history it has been the introduction of random -?- that has provided the source of useful and novel characteristics along with genetic disorders. |
Mutations |
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What do we call a change in the base sequence in the DNA? |
Mutation |