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BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

1. GENETICS

• Gene variation
• Dominant and recessive genes
• Pedigree
• Dominant and recessive traits
• Single gene and multigene
• Sex-linked and autosomal
• Male or female
• Homozygous or heterozygous

2. EVOLUTION

• Natural selection
• Microevolution
• Reasons for change
• Adaptations
• Variation

3. ECOLOGY

• Predator/prey relationship
• Food chain/web
• Ecosystems
• Populations
• Energy transfer/pyramid
• Niche (interrelationship and interdependencies)