life science Crossword

the amount of organic carbon created by photosynthesis
retains iodine complex
change in the heritable traits of biological populations over successive generations
any characteristic of an individual that allows it to survive to produce more offspring
a trait with acurrent functional role in the life of an organism that is maintained and evolved by natural selection
the genetic contribution of an individual to the next generation's gene pool relative to the average for the population
any preserved evidence of life from a past geological age, such as the impressions and remains of organisms
similar form or function, but that were not present in the last common ancestor of those groups
a structure in an organism that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution
structures derived from a common ancestor or same evolutionary or developmental origin
the process whereby organisms not closely related, independently evolve similar traits
the accumulation of differences between groups which can lead to the formation of new species
defines primitive characters of the study
taxa grouped into clades in a cladogram
evolutionary branch of cladogram
study of the diversity of organisms using data from cellular to population levels
species classified according to number of similarities to produce a phenogram
anatomical data construct phylogenetic tree using evolutionary principles. look at common ancestor and degree of structure differences
uses shared derived characters to classify organisms and arrange taxa in a phylogenetic tree or cladogram