Evolution

2. Taxonomic family of primates.
4. Basic unit of biological classification and a taxonomical rank.
5. Observable traits of an organism.
6. Type of selection done by humans to select particular phenotypic traits of interest.
10. Part of the DNA sequence that determines a specific character.
11. Belief that organisms improve themselves through progressive inherited change over time.
14. Diagram showing inferred relations among several organisms.
15. Descendants with heritable modifications.
17. Permanent change in the genome of an organism.
18. Type of selection in which the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype causes evolution.

1. Preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past.
3. Product of sexual or asexual reproduction.
7. Trait with a functional role in the life of an organism that is maintained by means of natural selection.
8. Process by which an offspring acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parents.
9. Religious belief about the origin of Universe and life.
10. Diagram showing inherited change over a small amount of years.
12. Diagram showing the inferred evolutionary relationships among various biological species.
13. Naturalist known for being one of the proposers of evolution theory.
16. Differences in genes or their expression among individuals of the same species.