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descent

[noun]

Ancestry or heritage.


Appears in modules:

  • Charles Darwin I The Origin of Species
  • Charles Darwin III Descent with modification
  • Comparison in Scientific Research Uncovering statistically significant relationships
  • Discovery and Structure of Cells Cell theory, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes
  • Paleontology and the Fossil Record Reading the clues
  • Theories, Hypotheses, and Laws Definitions, examples, and their roles in science
  • Tracking Human Ancestry The Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA
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