GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
INHERITANCE AND VARIATION
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Evolution
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Extinction
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Migration
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Mutation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Extinction is the complete disappearance of a species from Earth. Species go extinct every year, but historically the average rate of extinction has been very slow with a few exceptions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Extinction is the death of all members of a species of plants, animals, or other organisms. One of the most dramatic examples of a modern extinction is the passenger pigeon.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are two main types of extinction: Mass extinction and background extinction.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many species have become extinct because of human activities such as hunting, overharvesting, the conversion of natural ecosystems to cropland and urban areas, pollution, and other alternations or destruction of natural environments.