Across
- 6. trait that is similar between organisms by convergent evolution (1 word)
- 8. technique using molecular evidence to identify phylogenetic trees (2 words)
- 10. field of organizing and classifying organisms (1 word)
- 13. proposal that prokaryotes evolved from eukaryotes (3 words)
- 14. phylogenetic model that attempts to incorporate the effects of HGT on evolution (3 words)
- 16. aka GTA; particle that transfers random genomic segments between prokaryotic species (3 words)
- 17. science of classifying organisms (1 word)
Down
- 1. two part scientific naming system (2 words)
- 2. characteristic on a phylogenetic tree that is shared by a certain group of organisms (3 words)
- 3. proposal that prokaryotes developed nuclei first then acquired mitochondria (3 words)
- 4. visual representation of evolutionary relationships between organisms (1 word)
- 5. proposal that prokaryotes acquired mitochondria first then developed nuclei (3 words)
- 7. aka HGT; transfer of genes between different species (3 words)
- 9. diagram used to show evolutionary relationships between organisms (2 words)
- 11. phylogenetic model where all domains of life evolved from the same pool of primitive prokaryotes (3 words)
- 12. characteristic on a phylogenetic tree that is shared by all organisms (3 words)
- 15. fusion of two prokaryotic genomes (2 words)
