Science & Society 1
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- analogous structures
- separate evolutionary lineages that evolve similar features
- DNA
- a molecule composed of nucleotide subunits
- parasite
- an organism living in or on another organism & obtaining its nutrients & energy at the expense of the 2nd organism
- Hox genes
- genes involved in development of body parts
- tiktaalik
- a fossil organism with fish & tetrapod traits
- population
- individuals that can breed with each other (in sexually reproducing organisms)
- microevolution
- changes in the traits of a group of organisms that do not result in a new species
- science
- the use of evidence to construct (potentially falsifiable) testable explanations & predictions of natural phenomena, as well as the knowledge generated thru this process
- risk
- hazard+safety a situation involving exposure to danger or the possibility that something unwelcome will happen
- conservation biology
- to retain or maintain elements of the biosphere