Across
- 1. A segment of DNA that carries the genetic information that controls traits.
- 3. A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.
- 4. an organism combines the genetic information from each of its parents and is genetically unique
- 5. A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.
- 7. Changes in the heritable traits of a population of organisms as successive generations replace one another.
- 9. a British naturalist who proposed the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
- 12. Change in an organism that occurs when DNA is damaged or changed.
Down
- 2. The process by which organisms best adapted to their environment survive & reproduce to pass on favorable traits to their offspring.
- 6. one parent copies itself to form a genetically identical offspring.
- 8. A characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its natural environment.
- 10. In his own day, his theory of evolution was generally rejected as implausible, unsubstantiated, or heretical.
- 11. Occurs when more than one individual or population tries to make use of the same resource.