Evolution Vocabulary Activity

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Across
  1. 3. the allele that you have does not affect your fitness because each allele is equally as good at performing its job
  2. 4. sum of a population's genetic material at a given time
  3. 6. similar physical features in organisms that share a common ancestor, but the features have different functions
  4. 8. a phenomenon in which there is a reduction in genomic variability when a group of organisms becomes separated from a larger population.
  5. 9. the change in frequency of a gene in a population due to random chance
Down
  1. 1. prevent mating or fertilization between different species (no fertilization)
  2. 2. when an organism with two different alleles of a particular gene has greater fitness than an organism with two identical copies of either allele
  3. 5. prevent the formation of fertile offspring after fertilization occurs
  4. 7. the transfer of genetic material from one population to another
  5. 8. the ability of an organism to reproduce and pass on genes to the next generation