Diversity and genetics

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Across
  1. 6. when there are no living individuals of a species left in the wild and/or in captivity.
  2. 8. when variation in the population makes some organisms better suited to live and reproduce in a particular environment.
  3. 10. a group of similar organisms that reproduce to make fertile offspring
  4. 11. are organisms that can survive in extreme conditions, such as very high temperature, pressure, salt or extreme pH.
  5. 12. the change in DNA
Down
  1. 1. characteristics that allow an organism to live and reproduce in its habitat
  2. 2. fertilized egg cell that results from the union of a female gamete with a male gamete
  3. 3. when an new kind of plant or animal species is created
  4. 4. a physical characteristic
  5. 5. a molecule in every nucleus of an organism that is a code containing all genotypes of the individual.
  6. 7. the particular DNA that codes for a phenotype
  7. 9. a change in the inherited characteristics of a population over time caused by natural selection.