Evolution Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. anatomical similarities due to a common ancestor
  2. 4. process where humans choose traits to create more favorable offspring
  3. 7. group containing all descendants of a common ancestor
  4. 9. the evolutionary history of lineages
  5. 12. controlled by multiple genes
  6. 13. diagram showing evolutionary relatedness of organisms
  7. 15. process of nature favoring an individual that is more adapted to its environment
  8. 18. containing all the descendants of a common ancestor
  9. 19. the percentage of the gene pool composed of a certain allele
  10. 20. two name naming system
  11. 21. type of selection that favors the average phenotype
  12. 24. missing one or more of the descendants of a common ancestor in the group
  13. 25. the largest grouping of living things
Down
  1. 1. type of selection that favors one extreme phenotype
  2. 2. ability to survive and produce more offspring
  3. 5. published "On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection"
  4. 6. heritable characteristic that increases fitness in a given environment
  5. 8. all the alleles in a population
  6. 10. created the original classification system for living things
  7. 11. similarities in DNA or amino acid sequences
  8. 14. different phenotypes for the same trait
  9. 16. type of selection that favors both extreme phenotypes
  10. 17. skeletal remains of a dead organism preserved in the earth
  11. 22. newer, not ancestral
  12. 23. group of individuals of the same type capable of producing viable, fertile offspring