Evolution

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Across
  1. 2. Isolation / two populations separated physically by geographic barriers
  2. 4. Extinction / many types of living things become extinct at the same time
  3. 13. evolution / two or more species diverge from a common ancestor
  4. 14. / an organism in more than one distinct color or form
  5. 16. radiation / rapid growth in the diversity of a group of organisms
  6. 17. / physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and use
  7. 18. / an organisms physical characteristics
  8. 20. / formation of new species
  9. 21. Pool / combined genetic information of all members from specific groups
  10. 22. / British naturalist who proposed the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
  11. 24. effect / migration of small subgroup of a population which changes allele frequencies
  12. 25. Evolution / the change in inherited traits over successive generations in populations of organisms
  13. 26. Record / information about past life
Down
  1. 1. / British naturalist who co-developed the theory of evolution and natural selection
  2. 3. Selection / certain individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully
  3. 4. / change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information
  4. 5. Mutations / a mutation occurring in the absence of mutagens
  5. 6. / the phenomenon of one variant of a gene on a chromosome masking
  6. 7. effect / environmental or human-caused changes that lower a populations gene pool
  7. 8. / an organisms genetic makeup
  8. 9. / specialized cell involved in sexual reproduction
  9. 10. Evolution / change from an ancestor to a descendant species
  10. 11. Pressure / an agent that tends to make a population change genetically
  11. 12. / spreading apart
  12. 15. Drift / changes in allele frequencies occurring in small populations
  13. 19. Speciation / bursts of evolutionary activity
  14. 21. Diversity / sum of different forms of genetic information carried by all organisms living on Earth today
  15. 22. sequence / a laboratory technique used to determine the exact sequence of bases in a DNA molecule
  16. 23. / can be masked by a dominant gene and is the second variant