Evolution
Across
- 3. similarity of function and superficial resemblance of structures that have different origins.
- 4. two or more descendant species that have become more and more dissimilar in terms of forms and structures.
- 6. two anatomical structures or behavioral traits within different organisms which originated from a structure or trait of their common ancestral organism.
- 9. the branch of biology that deals with the geographical distribution of plants and animals.
- 11. the process whereby distantly related organisms independently evolve similar traits to adapt to similar necessities.
Down
- 1. Living things that are capable of reacting to stimuli, reproduction, growth, and homeostasis.
- 2. the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.
- 5. various cells, tissues, and organs in a body which no longer function in the same way the ancestral form did,
- 7. a change in the DNA sequence of an organism.
- 8. selection, the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.
- 10. flow, the introduction of genetic material by interbreeding from one population of a species to another.