Evolution Vocabulary Words

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Across
  1. 1. group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
  2. 5. branch of biology that deals with the geographical distribution of plants and animals
  3. 8. Selection-the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
  4. 9. Flow- the transfer of alleles or genes from one population to another
  5. 10. Descent-the scientific theory that all living organisms on Earth descended from a common ancestor
Down
  1. 2. process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth
  2. 3. Principle-states that allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of other evolutionary influences
  3. 4. formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution
  4. 6. Divergence-Divergent species are a consequence of divergent evolution
  5. 7. Drift-variation in the relative frequency of different genotypes in a small population, owing to the chance disappearance of particular genes as individuals die or do not reproduce