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Adaptation
A process by which a population becomes better suited
to its
environment by increasing the frequencies of alleles
that provide
benefits to survival and reproduction
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Environmental Factor
Any factor,
whether abiotic or
biotic, that
influences living
organisms
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Genetic Factors
Things that result from the specific alleles carried
by an individual
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Growth
Processing of increasing in size and maturity
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Organism
A self-contained living thing