Ch 12 Vocabulary (skip a space between multiple words)
Across
- 5. one of the scientists to propose theory of natural selection
- 11. also known as gene flow
- 12. when a population`s characteristics change over time as advantageous features become more common
- 14. also known as non-random mating
Down
- 1. eliminates alleles from a population
- 2. heritable features that improve an organism`s ability to survive
- 3. equilibrium that exists with non changing allele frequencies over time
- 4. selection that favors intermediate phenotypes
- 6. size of population becomes drastically reduced
- 7. selection that favors one phenotype over another
- 8. selection that favors both extreme phenotypes
- 9. ability to reproduce
- 10. natural selection occurs in this
- 13. effect caused by few individuals starting a new population
- 15. genetic changes in DNA that occurs over time