Evolution

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Across
  1. 3. Timing differences are ___________
  2. 4. Preserved remains of ancient organisms
  3. 6. A branching diagram that shows the potential evolutionary relationship between organisms
  4. 8. Organisms that mate and produce fertile offspring
  5. 9. Ability to survive and reproduce successfully
  6. 10. Massasauga rattlesnake and Eastern Foxsnake
  7. 12. Selecting for small and large male Coho salmon during mating season
  8. 15. Equilibrium Very little changes followed by short rapid bursts of change
  9. 17. Competition for resources, mates. Avoiding predation and disease
  10. 21. When a species disappears from the Earth
  11. 24. A geographic barrier stops two populations from mating/reproducing
  12. 26. Collection of all alleles for a trait within a population
Down
  1. 1. Humans use selective breeding for desired traits in a population
  2. 2. The only factor that causes adaptation to occur in a population
  3. 5. Selecting for carriers of sickle cell anemia
  4. 7. The Amish developed from 30 Swiss descendants
  5. 11. Evolution from a common ancestor to form many different species
  6. 13. The name of Darwins ship
  7. 14. Closely associated species influence each others evolutionary path
  8. 16. Structures with no current function
  9. 18. Unrelated species in similar habitats evolve similar traits
  10. 19. The Navajo population experiences a higher incidence of XP due to this.
  11. 20. The only factor that introduces new alleles into a population
  12. 22. Islands that Darwin visited
  13. 23. Structures that are similar in different species
  14. 25. Study of the earth