BIO VOCAB

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Across
  1. 6. the process by which interbreeding species diverged into two or more evolutionary groups
  2. 10. the proportion of people in a study or treatment group still alive at a given period of time after diagnosis
  3. 13. one specifies being the ancestor of two or more species in the later period
  4. 15. the process of identifying the arrangement of amino acids in proteins and peptides
  5. 17. the ratio of the number of a specified allele in a population to the total of all alleles at its genetic locus.
  6. 19. interaction between organisms or species in which both require a resource that is in limited supply.
  7. 21. study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.
  8. 22. the set of all genes, or genetic information, in any population, usually of a particular species
  9. 24. the process by which individuals compete for access to mates and fertilization opportunities
  10. 25. the reduction in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population
  11. 27. difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations among the same species
  12. 28. a diagram that represents evolutionary relationships among organisms
  13. 29. organisms adjust to new environments or to changes in their current environment.
  14. 30. an individual's observable traits, such as height, eye color and blood type
  15. 31. the physical separation of populations of organisms from one another due to geographical barriers
Down
  1. 1. is the change in activity of an organism in response to a stimulus.
  2. 2. the branch of biology that deals with the geographical distribution of plants and animals.
  3. 3. a measure of functional redundancy within homologous gene families
  4. 4. caused by shared ancestry between two structures or genes from distinct species.
  5. 5. the inability of a species to breed successfully with related species due to geographical, behavioral, physiological, or genetic barriers or differences
  6. 7. a specific characteristic of an individual
  7. 8. a diagram that depicts the lines of evolutionary descent of different species, organisms, or genes from a common ancestor.
  8. 9. formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms.
  9. 11. the difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations among the same species
  10. 12. a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species.
  11. 14. the general laboratory technique for determining the exact sequence of nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule.
  12. 16. a standard time scale that partitions the Earth's history into four eons and their subdivision of eras, periods
  13. 18. a laboratory method used to separate mixtures of DNA, RNA, or proteins according to molecular size.
  14. 20. the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
  15. 23. traits that give them some advantage
  16. 26. The specific location or arrangement of continuing or successive objects or events in space or time