Evolution
Across
- 2. Taxonomic family of primates.
- 4. Basic unit of biological classification and a taxonomical rank.
- 5. Observable traits of an organism.
- 6. Type of selection done by humans to select particular phenotypic traits of interest.
- 10. Part of the DNA sequence that determines a specific character.
- 11. Belief that organisms improve themselves through progressive inherited change over time.
- 14. Diagram showing inferred relations among several organisms.
- 15. Descendants with heritable modifications.
- 17. Permanent change in the genome of an organism.
- 18. Type of selection in which the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype causes evolution.
Down
- 1. Preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past.
- 3. Product of sexual or asexual reproduction.
- 7. Trait with a functional role in the life of an organism that is maintained by means of natural selection.
- 8. Process by which an offspring acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parents.
- 9. Religious belief about the origin of Universe and life.
- 10. Diagram showing inherited change over a small amount of years.
- 12. Diagram showing the inferred evolutionary relationships among various biological species.
- 13. Naturalist known for being one of the proposers of evolution theory.
- 16. Differences in genes or their expression among individuals of the same species.