GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
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Question
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When an organism completely dies out, it is called ____
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extinction
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Adaption
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mutation
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fossilization
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -extinction, in biology, the dying out or extermination of a species.
Detailed explanation-2: -The extinction of a species of animal or plant is the death of all its remaining living members.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are two main types of extinction: Mass extinction and background extinction. Mass extinction has only occurred five times in history.
Detailed explanation-4: -An endling is the last known individual of a species or subspecies. Once the endling dies, the species becomes extinct. The word was coined in correspondence in the scientific journal Nature.
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