rat crossword puzzle

3. the process by which animals, plants, and other living organisms are transformed into different forms by the accumulation of changes over successive generations
4. selection artificial selection covers a whole host of subtopics. One can implement artificial selection to eradicate disease, increase yield per acre, lower competition within an ecosystem, or produce a new color in a breed of dog. With recent strides in the uncovering of the genetic sequences of a long list of organisms
6. a technique used by Organisms to conceal their location, identity, and movement
8. biological condition in which a competing variant is increasing in frequency relative to other competing variants in a population
9. a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
10. selection the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
13. having similarities in functions but different evolutionary origins
14. Are organs or skeletal elements that suggest a connection to a common ancestor
16. a change in allele frequency in a population, due to a random selection of certain genes. Oftentimes, mutations within the DNA can have no effect on the fitness of an organism

1. physical characteristics that javascript allows animals to live, hunt, or hide successfully in their natural habitats
2. reproduction comparing the successful reproduction rates of two groups of individuals in the same generation of a species population
5. metabolic or physiologic adjustments within an organism's cells or tissues in response to environmental stimuli
7. the phenomenon where two or more organisms resemble each other
11. various cells, tissues, and organs in a body which no longer serve a function
12. the movement from one region or place of habitat to another
15. They are changes in the genetic sequence of DNA or RNA