A single instruction for a characteristic - Gene, Small strand of DNA made of lots of genes - Chromosome, The human body is made of these. - Cells, Joining of sex cells - Fertilisation, The differences between organisms. - Variation, The type of variation we get from our parents - Inherited, Variation caused by our surroundings - Environmental Variation, The molecule that contains the code to make you. - DNA, The shape of the DNA molecule - Double helix, When you get characteristics from your parents - Inherit, The scientific word for a characteristic - Trait, When animals or plants are bred to produce a required characteristic - Selective breeding, Variation that falls on a range such as height - Continuous variation, Variation that falls in discrete groups such as eye colour - Discontinuous variation, A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring. - Species, The interaction between animals and plants and where they live - Ecosystem, Put things into groups. - Classification, Where the DNA is found in a cell - Nucleus, Basic unit of life - Cell, A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits. - Natural selection, An organism that is genetically identical to the organism from which it was produced - Clone, A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent. - Asexual reproduction, A reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents - Sexual reproduction, Name for an egg or sperm cell - Gamete, A change in a gene or chromosome. - Mutation, An organism in the earliest stage of development - Embryo, An unborn baby - Foetus, Changing the DNA or an organism - Genetic modification, The offspring of two parents of different species. Usually infertile. - Hybrid,

Genetics and Evolution Glossary

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