Description

Any heritable characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment
Addition to collecting specimens of living species
The process of change over time
Describes how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment
Many traits are controlled by two or more genes
Nature provides the variations, and humans select those they find useful
Consists of all the genes
Occurs in any situation in which more individuals are born than can survive
Is a change in allele frequency following a dramatic reduction in the size of a population
A trait controlled by only one gene
When individuals at one end of the curve have higher fitness than individuals in the middle or at the other end
When individuals near the center of the curve have higher fitness than individuals at either end
When individuals at the outer ends of the curve have higher fitness than individuals near the middle of the curve
random change in allele frequency
Allele frequencies change as a result of the migration of a small subgroup of a population
Allele frequencies in its gene pool do not change
states that allele frequencies in a population should remain constant
Individuals select mates based on heritable traits
group of population whose members can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
formation of new species
When populations become re productively isolated
capable of interbreeding develop differences in courtship rituals
When two populations are separated by geographic barriers
When two or more species reproduce at different times
uses mutation rates in DNA to estimate the time that two species have been evolving independently

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What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

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Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

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