process by which an animal or plant species becomes fitted to its environment
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the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
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The change in genetic composition of a population over successive generations, which may be caused by natural selection, inbreeding, hybridization, or mutation.
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A species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.
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It occurs when a DNA gene is damaged or changed in such a way as to alter the genetic message carried by that gene
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An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
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An organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms
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interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
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Is the sociographical area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against conspecifics (or, occasionally, animals of other species).
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Any difference between cells, individual organisms, or groups of organisms of any species caused either by genetic differences
