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Simulation by PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado Boulder.
Topics covered include
Topics covered include
Effect of mutation on survival
Effect of mutation on survival
Genetics and heredity
Genetics and heredity
Natural selection
Natural selection
Students will learn
Students will learn
How to identify which traits help animals survive in changing environments
How to identify which traits help animals survive in changing environments
How food availability and predators influence genetic survival
How food availability and predators influence genetic survival
Explore environments that can lead to population growth, decline or extinction
Explore environments that can lead to population growth, decline or extinction
Explore how traits are transferred from parents to offspring
Explore how traits are transferred from parents to offspring
Understand the difference between dominant and recessive genes
Understand the difference between dominant and recessive genes
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