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Offspring

An offspring's genotype is the result of the combination of genes in the sex cells or gametes (sperm and ova) that came together in its conception. One sex cell came from each parent. Sex cells normally only have one copy of the gene for each trait (e.g., one copy of the Y or G form of the gene in the example above). The progeny or descendants of a person, animal, or plant considered as a group. A child of particular parentage.

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For natural selection to occur in a population, several conditions must be met: • Individuals in the population must produce more offspring than can survive. • Those individuals must have different characteristics. • Some characteristics must be passed on from parents to offspring. • Selective pressure favors organisms with the best-suited characteristics for their environment. If these four conditions are met, the new generation of individuals will be different from the original generation in the frequency and distribution of traits, which is pretty much the definition of biological evolution.

References / Work Cited Fester Kratz, Rene. Molecular & Cell Biology for Dummies: Epub Edition. John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2009. Print. Molecular & Cell Biology for Dummies: Epub Edition. John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2009. Print.

Fester Kratz, Rene. Molecular & Cell Biology for Dummies: Epub Edition. John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2009. Print. Kratz, René F. Biology Workbook for Dummies. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley, 2012. Print. Molecular & Cell Biology for Dummies: Epub Edition. John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2009. Print.

Collective offspring may be known as a brood or progeny in a more general way. This can refer to a set of simultaneous offspring, such as the chicks hatched from one clutch of eggs, or to all the offspring, as with the honeybee.

Human offspring (descendants) are referred to as children (without reference to age, thus one can refer to a parent's "minor children" or "adult children" or "infant children" or "teenage children"); male children are sons and female children are daughters. See kinship and descent. Offspring can occur after mating or after artificial insemination

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