HUMANDEV 270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Vernix Caseosa, Umbilical Cord, Lev Vygotsky
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Favorable characteristics will be more frequent thru generations, species will be modified. Every aspect of evolutionary change can be reduced to a generation by generation modification of gene frequencies in a population under the influence of natural selection. Species defined as the largest groups within which reproductively all members are fully compatible. Reproductive cloning: transfer of a nucleus from an adult somatic cell to an egg from which the nucleus has been removed. If it divides normally, it will be transferred into the uterus of a mother. Definition: an organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical. In vitro fertilization complex series of procedures used to treat fertility or genetic problems and assist with the conception of a child. During ivf, mature eggs are collected (retrieved) from your ovaries and fertilized by sperm in a lab.