Melanin Selection Review
Across
- 4. Cradle of Mankind
- 8. When an organism's adaptation to one environmental condition comes at the expense of another condition
- 9. Change to Genetic Material
- 10. Specialized skin cell that is responsible for melanin production
- 12. Region on Earth that receives the most solar radiation
- 13. An evolutionary force that drive Natural Selection by favoring a particular phenotype under certain environmental conditions
- 14. A skeletal condition caused by vitamin D deficiency, characterized by low Calcium absorption resulting in soft brittle bones
Down
- 1. Radiation emitted from the sun
- 2. Evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat by accumulating different traits that best suit their current environment.
- 3. Organelle that produces the melanin protein
- 5. The process where organisms with advantageous traits survive and reproduce more successfully
- 6. Pigment protein used across multiple species of life on earth because of its ability to provide UV protection, camouflage, and thermoregulation
- 7. Vitamin needed for DNA synthesis & fetal development
- 11. Outermost Layer of Skin