Unit 6 Choice Board Crossword - Isabella Hennon

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Across
  1. 3. Collection of all the alleles present in a population.
  2. 8. Any characteristic that increases the fitness of an individual.
  3. 12. Selection within a population due to human interference and selection of desired traits.
  4. 13. Refers to the differences among individuals in a population.
  5. 14. Describes the movement of genes/alleles/individuals between 2 neighboring populations - makes populations more alike.
  6. 15. Migration of individuals out of a population.
  7. 16. Migration of new individuals into a population.
  8. 17. The idea that those individuals best suited to their environment will achieve higher fitness.
  9. 19. Measurement of the ability of an individual to survive and reproduce successful offspring.
  10. 20. A desired or commodity in an ecosystem - individuals of a population will compete for these.
Down
  1. 1. State of genetic equilibrium characterized by a large population, no migration, no natural selection, no mutations, and random mating.
  2. 2. Isolation of a population due to differences in the timing of mating.
  3. 4. Isolation of a population due to physical barriers such as a fence, mountain range, or body of water.
  4. 5. Group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area at the same time and can interbreed.
  5. 6. Random changes in allele frequencies attributed to luck, not fitness.
  6. 7. Type of natural selection in which individuals with one extreme phenotype have an advantage and the other extreme is selected against.
  7. 9. Type of natural selection in which individuals with the average phenotype have an advantage and the extremes are selected against.
  8. 10. Isolation of a population due to differences in communication, mating rituals, or other behaviors.
  9. 11. Type of natural selection in which individuals at either extreme of the bell curve achieve higher fitness and average is selected against.
  10. 18. Percent of individuals of a population that have a particular trait - expressed as a number between 0 and 1.