Question: Natural Selection

Answer: evolutionary process to continue a species survival. the ability to pass genes to the next generation.

Question: Evolutionary Psychology

Answer: emphasizes the importance of adaptation, reproduction, survival of the fittest, in shaping behaviour

Question: Evolutionary Development Psychology

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Question: 4 Chemicals of DNA

Answer: guanine

adenine

thymine

cytosine

G A T C

Question: chromosomes

Answer: threadlike structure, comes in pairs of 23 (1 from ea. parent)

contain DNA. every cell has 46 chromosomes arranged in 23 pairs, except the sperm and egg

Question: DNA

Answer: a complex molecule that contains genetic information (genes)

Question: genes

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Question: mitosis

Answer: cellular reproduction where the cells nucleus duplicates itself with two new cells being formed, each containing the same DNA as the parent cell, arranged in teh same 23 pairs of chromosomes.

the process of dividing the duplicated DNA of a cell, into two new nuclei.

Question: meiosis

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Question: fertilization

Answer: egg and a sperm fuse to create a single cell CALLED ZYGOTE.