Across
- 2. the means by which an offspring acquires the qualities of its parents.
- 3. Pertaining to the temple or temples
- 5. Branch of biology and medicine that studies embryos and how they develop.
- 9. Is the change in the frequency of an existing gene variant in a population due to random sampling of organisms.
- 12. Is the addition of one or more nucleotide base pairs into a DNA sequence.
- 14. A system that includes all living organisms in an area as well as its physical environment functioning together.
- 16. Refers to a chemical substance consisting of two hydrogen atoms bound to the central oxygen atom via a covalent bond.
- 17. Populations of related organisms are unable to interbreed because of geographic separation.
- 18. The process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients that stimulate the growth of aquatic plant life.
- 20. Any difference between cells, individual organisms, or groups of organisms of any species caused by genetic differences
- 22. Is an interaction in population ecology, whereby members of the same species compete for limited resources.
- 23. The variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine or other aquatic ecosystems.
- 24. Is a double helix, that has sets of nucleotides that contain genetic information.
- 25. Is an A-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins.
- 26. The study of the molecular structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules, particularly proteins and nucleic acids.
- 27. Is one of the structural components, or building blocks, of DNA and RNA.
- 29. The evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species.
Down
- 1. Occurs when a DNA gene is damaged or changed in such a way as to alter the genetic message carried by that gene.
- 4. A type of natural resource that cannot be replenished or takes time for nature to produce or replenish in order to sustain the rate of consumption.
- 6. Refers to the cutting, clearing, and removal of rainforest or related ecosystems into less bio-diverse ecosystems.
- 7. Is the process in which ribosomes in the cytoplasm or ER synthesize proteins after the process of transcription.
- 8. Place where an organism or a community of organisms lives, including all living and nonliving.
- 10. A similarity in internal or chromosomal structures.
- 11. Pertains to the leaving of a place of residence or habitat with the intent of living in another place.
- 13. Is the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovering quickly.
- 15. The process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).
- 19. are enzymes that bind and may even remodel nucleic acid or nucleic acid protein complexes.
- 21. An organism having physical characteristics intermediate between a true male and a true female of its species.
- 25. A grouping of various people indigenous to East Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, North Asia, Polynesia, and the Americas.
- 28. Is a large family of RNA molecules that convey genetic information from DNA to the Ribosome.