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1. Write the complimentary side of the DNA.
A T C G G T A C C G T A A T C
TA G C C A T G G C A T T A G

2. Transcribe this DNA.

A T C G G T A C C G T A A T C
U A G C C A U G G C A U U A G

3. Use the mRNA below to determine the

amino acids.
A U G C A A G G C U A A G C A
Methionine Glutamine Glycine
Stop
Alanine
4. Find the DNA strand for the amino acids below.
Methionine and Trytophan,
AUG or TAC
UGG or ACC

Evolution
gradual change over time

Anatomical Similarities

punctuated equilibrium

phylogeny
evolutionary
relationship
Interpret
the
phylogenic
tree.

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fossil evidence

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Natural Selection
Survival of the Fittest
Write down or illustrate an
example of natural selection.

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defending space by
driving away
others of the same
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Extinction
the gradual process by which a group of
related organisms dies out

Dodo bird
saber-tooth tiger

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mastodon

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