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Exam Review Chapter 15 and 16
Chapter 15 and 16 Selective Breading and Evolution
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Biology
9th Grade
05/24/2014

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What is nondisjuntion?
Definition
Error in meiosis in which the homologous chromosomes fail to separate.
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What cuts DNA?
Definition
Restriction enzymes
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What is hybridization?
Definition
crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best of both organisms.
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How did Hutton and Lyell contribute to stye theory of evolution?
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They said that the Earth is a few billion years old and that the process that changed the world is still happening today.
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What is artificial selection?
Definition
When more individuals are born than can survive, there is a natural heritable variation and a variable fitness.
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