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• Autosomal
• Dominant genes
• Dominant traits
• Gene
• Gene variation
• Heterozygous
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• Pedigree
• Recessive genes
• Recessive traits
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EVOLUTION

• Adaptations
• Microevolution
• Natural selection
• Variation

ECOLOGY

• Ecosystems
• Energy pyramid
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• Populations
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GRAPHIC MODELING TERMS

• Constant
• Exponential growth curve
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• Rate of Change
• STELLA

• Init Grass-Starting population size of grass
• Grass Limit-Quantity of grass that will grow in the ecosystem (carrying capacity)
• Grass Birth Rate-Reproductive rate of grass
• Grass Natural Death Rate-Rate at which grass disappears in nature
• Grass Lost to Rabbits-Rate at which rabbits eat the grass

• Init Original Rabbit-Starting population size of normal rabbits
  
• Init Changed Rabbit-Starting population size of mutated rabbits
  
• Rabbit Birth Rate-Reproductive rate of rabbits
  
• Rabbit Natural Death Rate-Rate at which rabbits disappear due to natural causes
  
• Rate of Rabbit Mutation-Rate at which rabbits in the population mutate
  
• Orig Rabbits lost to Wolves-Rate at which wolves eat the normal rabbits
  
• Changed Rabbits lost to Wolves-Rate at which wolves eat the mutated rabbits

• Init Wolves-Starting population size of wolves
  
• Wolf Natural Death Rate-Rate at which wolves disappear due to natural causes
  
• Wolf Birth Rate-Reproductive rate of wolves