Natural Selection and Adaption Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Unit of inheritance that is passed through generations and makes up the sequences of DNA
  2. 5. Environmental or physical pressure causing reactions from organisms
  3. 7. Characteristics of organisms that cause them to better reproduce or evolve
  4. 8. Created the theory of evolution through natural selection
  5. 11. Damage or change on a gene that causes alterations in the genetic information the gene carries
  6. 12. Biological adjustments to environmental changes
  7. 13. Differences in genetic sequences between organisms
  8. 14. Branch of psychology that studies the structure and form of living organisms
  9. 17. Gene________ codes and converts genetic information for the operation of the cell
  10. 19. Time between when an animal is born, and when it reproduced
  11. 20. Reproductive success
Down
  1. 1. Altering genetic makeup of an organism
  2. 2. Offsprings' trait that resembles the trait of parents'
  3. 4. Change in characteristics of species over generations through natural selection
  4. 6. Survival and reproduction related to phenotyoe and predation
  5. 9. Increase in number of cells
  6. 10. Interaction of organisms that can influence fitness with limited or shared resources
  7. 15. Science and study of living systems
  8. 16. Organisms killing and consuming other organisms
  9. 18. Process where a new kind of species is created