Across
- 2. Inherited traits that children get from their parents come from
- 5. The amount of difference in physical and/or behavioral attributes by a population is?
- 8. _____ allele exhibit their effect only when both chromosomes have the allele
- 9. Any trait of an organism that enhances its chances of surviving & reproducing in its environment
- 12. What type of organism did Gregor Mendel use to first study heredity
- 13. Any close relationship between species
Down
- 1. ________ Selection is the gradual process by which bio traits become more/less common in a pop as a effect of inherited traits on the differential reproductive success of organisms interacting w/ their environment.
- 2. The study of heredity
- 3. What do we call the genetic make up of the individual, represented by a pair of letters?
- 4. The central idea of ___________ is that all life on Earth shares a common ancestor, just as you and your cousins share a common grandmother.
- 6. A squirrel’s propensity for storing nuts, a bears long winter hibernation are examples of ________ adaptation.
- 7. The physical trait observed in an offspring is known as it’s
- 9. ________Selection - Farmers and breeders allowed only the plants & animals with desirable characteristics to reproduce, causing the evolution of farm stock
- 10. A symbiotic relation between species where 1 benefits & the other is harmed
- 11. developed the theory of evolution by means of natural selection