Across
- 1. A feature or quality of an organism.
- 3. A type of variation with a range of values, such as height
- 5. A structure made of DNA and proteins that carries
- 7. A characteristic passed from parents to offspring through
- 10. Differences between individuals of the same species
- 13. A group of organisms that can reproduce to produce fertile
- 14. Change in inherited characteristics of populations over
- 17. A feature that helps an organism survive and reproduce
- 19. A change in genetic material
- 20. The molecule that carries genetic information
- 21. The young produced by parents.
- 24. To produce new organisms of the same species
- 25. One version of a gene.
- 26. Variation caused by differences in inherited information
- 27. An acquired body marking that is not inherited
Down
- 2. An organism genetically identical to another, produced
- 4. The passing of genetic information from parents to
- 6. External factors such as diet, climate and lifestyle that
- 8. Sections of DNA that contain instructions for
- 9. A type of variation with distinct categories, such as blood
- 11. characteristics
- 12. or artificially.
- 15. An example of an acquired characteristic caused by
- 16. its environment.
- 18. An example of discontinuous variation in humans
- 22. All the organisms of one species living in an area
- 23. An example of continuous variation that can be