Mod 14 and 15
Across
- 2. a trait that improves an individuals fitness
- 4. the genetic process by which one chromosome breaks off and attaches to another chromosome during reproductive cell division.
- 7. a physical location on the chromosomes within each cell of an organism
- 10. a set of traits expressed by an individual
- 11. a reduction in the genetic diversity of a population caused by a reduction in its size
- 13. the number of species in a given area.
- 15. evolution below the species level
Down
- 1. a random change in the genetic code produced by a mistake in the copying process
- 3. the complete set of genes in an individual
- 5. evolution that gives rise to new species, genera, families, classes, or phyla
- 6. the process by which individuals move from one population to another and thereby alter the genetic compositions of both populations
- 8. an individuals ability to survive and reproduce
- 9. a change in the genetic composition of a population overtime as a result of random mating.
- 12. the death of the last number of a species
- 14. a change in the genetic composition of a population over time