Natural Selection Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Species have different ancestral origins but have developed similar features
  2. 8. Both extreme phenotypes are favored
  3. 9. A change in DNA sequence.
  4. 10. frequency The percentage of any one specific allele.
  5. 11. Organisms evolve in response to to one another
  6. 12. Two separate species evolve differently from a common ancestor.
  7. 14. When populations are split apart by geographic isolation
Down
  1. 1. One extreme phenotype is favored
  2. 2. drift a change in the frequency of an allele within a population over time.
  3. 3. A group of individuals of the same species living in a particular area at the same time.
  4. 5. flow Any movement of genes from one population to another
  5. 6. selection A process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
  6. 7. Average phenotype is favored
  7. 13. pool All alleles of a population’s genes.