Across
- 3. % of DNA that an offspring inherits from each parent
- 4. Herbivores tend to have a ____________ digestive tract with a cecum
- 7. To compare relatedness of two populations compare the ___________ sequences of the same gene
- 9. These must exist in the population in order for natural selection to occur
- 10. Position in a food chain, food web or energy pyramid based upon feeding behaviors
- 14. Made up of two alleles; one inherited from each parent
- 15. Tubelike structure that aids with the digestion of cellulose
- 16. Trophic level containing the most energy
- 20. Any organism that cannot make its own food
- 24. % of energy that is transferred from one trophic level to the next
- 25. Animal that we dissected this semester
- 27. The mechanism by which populations change over time as proposed by Darwin
- 29. Ultimate source of energy for the Earth
- 30. Obtained through ingested food and used for maintaining biomass, its lost as carbon dioxide and lost through egestion
- 32. Consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem.
- 34. Separates mixtures of molecules by using an electrical current that pushes them through a gel that contains small pores
- 35. Transfer of genetic material from one population to another
Down
- 1. Producers perform this process to make glucose
- 2. Populations that live far away from each other will most likely be genetically ______________
- 5. Are 2 to 7 base pairs in length, with the number of repeats varying among individuals, making them effective for human identification purposes.
- 6. An unit of energy of 1,000 calories
- 8. Only consumes plants
- 11. Specific physical location of a gene or other DNA sequence on a chromosome
- 12. Having two different alleles of a particular gene
- 13. Carnivores tend to have a __________ digestive tract
- 17. Only consumes meat
- 18. Consumes both meat and plants
- 19. Physical barriers like rivers may __________ gene flow between two populations
- 21. Wide flat __________ are required to grind plants
- 22. The charge of DNA
- 23. The tough material found in the cell walls of plants, difficult to digest
- 26. Different versions of the same gene
- 28. Any reason for organisms with certain phenotypes to have either a survival benefit or disadvantage; can be climate changes, competition or predation
- 30. Shorter STR fragments will travel ______ distance down the gel
- 31. Sharp pointy __________ are required to grab animal prey and tear meat
- 32. A model that shows a singular path of energy from a producer to a top predator
- 33. Equal to the energy gain from hunt plus the energy cost to hunt