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Contagion
A disease producing agent
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Mutagen
An agent that increases the chance for mutation
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Biotechnology
Use of living microorganisms to perform actions in the manufacturing process
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Evolution
A gradual process in which something changes into a normally better and more complex form
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Charles Darwin
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection
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Overproduction
To produce in excess of need or demand
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Variation
Marked difference or deviation from the normal or recognized form, function, or structure
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Adaption
An alteration or adjustment in structure or habits, often hereditary, by which a species or individual improves its condition in relationship to its environment
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Natural Selection
The process in nature by which, according to Darwin's theory of evolution, only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics in increasing numbers to succeeding generations while those less adapted tend to be eliminated
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Speciation
The evolutionary formation of new biological species, usually by the division of a single species into two or more genetically distinct ones
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Isolation
Any procedure in which a given species of organism, present in a particular sample or environment, is obtained in pure culture
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Homologous Structure
Any trait given from a common ancestor
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Analogous Structure
similarities between organisms that were not in the last common ancestor, being considered but rather evolved separately
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Phenotype
any observable characteristic or trait of an organism
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Alleles
one of two or more forms of the DNA sequence of a particular gene
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