Genetics and Evolution Crossword

Study of inheritance (how living things inherit features)
Receiving genetic information from parents
Reproduction involving only a single organism
The production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes).
A DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule with part or all of the genetic material (genome) of an organism.
A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
The production of offspring by a sexual or asexual process.
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
Relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes which are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents.
A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.
The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. The theory of its action was first fully expounded by Charles Darwin, and it is now regarded as be the main process that brings about evolution.
a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
Relating to or denoting heritable characteristics which are controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring even when inherited from only one parent.