Natural selection
Across
- 4. a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes
- 5. An organism that possesses two different alleles for a specific gene
- 6. the production of new living of organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes)
- 8. having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes
Down
- 1. the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations
- 2. the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change
- 3. a British naturalist who proposed the theory of biological evolution by natural selection.
- 7. the change in heritable traits of biological populations over successive generations